†Taeniurites fortis Cockerell 1917 (wood wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. New Tertiary Insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:373-384
Belongs to Taeniurites according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Cockerell 1917 and Cockerell 1927
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 62542, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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