Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (50.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 4.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rott Formation, MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, fine-grained, brown lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the MCZ
• Obtained from Dr. Krantz (Bonn), but different from specimens described by Heyden, which were also from the Krantz collection
Primary reference: M. S. Engel. 1998. Fossil honey bees and evolution in the genus Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 29:265-281 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152455: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Apis vetustus n. sp." = Apis vetusta Engel 1998 honey bee MCZ 7514 (paratype of A. henshawi dormiens)
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