Where: Russian Federation (45.1° N, 42.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 41.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Middle Miocene, Upper Chokrakian regional stage
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, carbonaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the PIN
Primary reference: G. M. Dlussky. 1981. Miocenovye muravwi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CCCP. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 183:64-83 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138755: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2013, edited by Amy Delelli
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Ponerites karaganensis n. sp." = Taphopone karaganensis
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