Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi, D. Agosti, and J. M. Carpenter. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3208
Belongs to Brownimecia according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020
See also Bolton 2012, Engel and Grimaldi 2005 and Grimaldi et al. 1997
Sister taxon: Brownimecia inconspicua
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-667, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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