Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: D. Grimaldi and D. Agosti. 2000. A formicine in New Jersey Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and early evolution of the ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(25):13678-13683
Belongs to Kyromyrma according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022
See also Bolton 2012, Boudinot et al. 2020 and Grimaldi and Agosti 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-1029, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, 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 New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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