†Protazteca eocenica LaPolla and Greenwalt 2015 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology 62:163-174
Belongs to Protazteca according to J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt 2015
Sister taxa: Protazteca capitata, Protazteca elongata, Protazteca hendersoni, Protazteca quadrata
Type specimen: USNM 609590, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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