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Boltonimecia canadensis
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrma canadensis was named by Wilson (1985). Its type specimen is CAS 330, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC July 1971 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Boltonimecia canadensis by Borysenko (2017), Boudinot et al. (2020).
It was recombined as Boltonimecia canadensis by Borysenko (2017), Boudinot et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Sphecomyrma canadensis Wilson p. 206 fig. 1,2 |
| 1987 | Sphecomyrma canadensis Spahr p. 62 |
| 2017 | Boltonimecia canadensis Borysenko p. 4 fig. 1,2 |
| 2020 | Boltonimecia canadensis Boudinot et al. p. 29 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Boltonimecia canadensis Wilson 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphecomyrma canadensis (type locality: 104932 122390) |