†Symmorphus senex Carpenter 2000 (potter wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Full reference: J. M. Carpenter. 2000. A Vespid wasp from New Jersey Cretaceous amber. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 333-337
Belongs to Symmorphus according to J. M. Carpenter 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-436, 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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