Colombian copal, Boyaca (DuBois coll): Holocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Pseudomyrmex sp. Lund 1831
Forelius sp. Emery 1888
Dolichoderus sp. Lund 1831
Linepithema sp. Mayr 1866
Tapinoma sp. Forster 1850
Azteca sp. Forel 1878
Paratrechina sp. Motschoulsky 1863
Camponotus sp. Mayr 1861
Platythyrea sp. Roger 1863
Pachycondyla sp. Smith 1858
Hypoponera sp. Santschi 1938
Proceratium sp. Roger 1863
Crematogaster sp. Lund 1831
Pheidole sp. Westwood 1840
Cephalotes sp. Latreille 1802
Zacryptocerus sp. Ashmead 1905
Acromyrmex sp. (Mayr 1865)
Rogeria sp. Emery 1894
Solenopsis sp. Westwood 1840
Gnamptogenys sp. Roger 1863
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Boyacá
Coordinates: 6.2° North, 72.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° North, 72.7° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: personal collection of M.B. DuBois
Metadata
Database number:215881
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2020-11-26 22:21:03 Last modified:2020-11-26 22:21:03
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-26 22:21:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74507. M. B. DuBois and J. S. LaPolla. 1999. A preliminary review of Colombia ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) preserved in copal. Entomological News 110:162-172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]