Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ølst Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Stolle Klint clay, basal part of Ølst Formation

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, fine-grained, gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Henrik Madsen, Rebekka Madsen

• Repository: private collection of Henrik and Rebekka Madsen; some specimens donated to Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen or Museum Mors (Mo-clay Museum)

Primary reference: J. Rust and N. M. Andersen. 1999. Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 125:331-348 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138942: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2013, edited by Jered Karr

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