†Protopolistes oblitus Cockerell 1921 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Alternative combination: Polybia oblita
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 8:541-545
Belongs to Protopolistes according to A. V. Antropov 2014
See also Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In.20530, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)
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