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Camponotites petrifactus
Taxonomy
Camponotus petrifactus was named by Carpenter (1930). Its type specimen is MCZ 2936, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Camponotites petrifactus by Boudinot et al. (2024).
It was recombined as Camponotites petrifactus by Boudinot et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Camponotus petrifactus Carpenter p. 60 figs. Pl 6, fig 5 |
| 2012 | Camponotus petrifactus Bolton |
| 2024 | Camponotites petrifactus Boudinot et al. p. 144 |
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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.
†Camponotites petrifactus Carpenter 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Camponotus petrifactus (type locality: 106384 123119 124002 127617) |