List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 4.6° South, 39.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° South, 38.9° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mikindani | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Found in a layer 11 m below the surface. The deposits are part of the Mikindani beds (Stockley 1928). Poinar (1992) indicated that this copal may be Pliocene in age, while Schluter and von Gnielinski (1987) assigned a Pleistocene age. [Most other "Pleistocene" copals are Holocene, often only decades to centuries old.] | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,amber |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,MCZ |
| Collection method comments: Repository: collection of M.B. DuBois (two pieces returned to Lloyd Davis, one donated to BMNH, one donated to MCZ) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125729 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Vavrek | Enterer: | M. Vavrek |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-03-18 18:13:15 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-18 18:13:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73625. | M. B. DuBois. 1998. The first fossil Dorylinae with notes on fossil Ecitoninae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 109:136-142 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |