†Afromyrma petrosa Dlussky et al. 2004 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky, D. J. Brothers, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35:1-13
Belongs to Afromyrma according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/2/26501, an exoskeleton (dorsal view poorly preserved). Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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