†Taxonus nortoni Scudder 1890 (wood wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Taxonus according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Taxonus vetustus
Type specimen: Lee 22, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Lee Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Green River (Lee Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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