†Brownimecia Grimaldi et al. 1997 (ant)
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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
Parent taxon: Brownimeciinae according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020
See also Barden 2017, Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012 and Engel and Grimaldi 2005
Sister taxon: Brownimeciini
Subtaxa: Brownimecia clavata
Type: Brownimecia clavata
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)
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