Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Camponotus vetus
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762
Belongs to Camponotites according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024
See also Bolton 2012, Scudder 1877 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Camponotites ambon, Camponotites ampullosus, Camponotites cockerelli, Camponotites compactus, Camponotites crozei, Camponotites curviansatus, Camponotites fuscipennis, Camponotites gracilis, Camponotites heracleus, Camponotites induratus, Camponotites lignitus, Camponotites longiventris, Camponotites longus, Camponotites microcephalus, Camponotites microthoracus, Camponotites novotnyi, Camponotites obesus, Camponotites oeningensis, Camponotites penninervis, Camponotites petrifactus, Camponotites pictus, Camponotites plenus, Camponotites shanwangensis, Camponotites silvestris, Camponotites steinbachi, Camponotites theobaldi, Camponotites tokunagai, Camponotites ullrichi, Camponotites vehemens, Camponotites xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fossil Cañon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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