†Formicium berryi Carpenter 1929 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Eoponera berryi
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1929. A fossil ant from the lower Eocene (Wilcox) of Tennessee. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 19:300-301
Belongs to Formicium according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Archibald et al. 2011, Carpenter 1929 and Lutz 1986
Sister taxon: Formicium brodiei
Type specimen: USNM 80825, a forewing. Its type locality is Puryear, Henry County, which is in a Bartonian pond claystone in the Cockfield Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Puryear, Henry County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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