†Loreisomorpha nascimbenei Rasnitsyn 2000 (sierolomorphid wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sierolomorphidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2000. An extremely primitive aculeate wasp in the Cretaceous amber from New Jersey (Vespida: ? Sierolomorphidae). Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 327-332
Belongs to Loreisomorpha according to A. P. Rasnitsyn 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-380, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is 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 White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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