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Gerontoformica spiralis
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrmodes spiralis was named by Barden and Grimaldi (2014). Its type specimen is JZC Bu222A, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Zigras coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
It was recombined as Gerontoformica spiralis by Barden and Grimaldi (2016), Boudinot et al. (2020), Boudinot et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Gerontoformica spiralis by Barden and Grimaldi (2016), Boudinot et al. (2020), Boudinot et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Sphecomyrmodes spiralis Barden and Grimaldi p. 16 figs. 7A-C |
| 2016 | Gerontoformica spiralis Barden and Grimaldi |
| 2020 | Gerontoformica spiralis Boudinot et al. p. 29 |
| 2022 | Gerontoformica spiralis Boudinot et al. p. 1362 |
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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.
†Gerontoformica spiralis Barden and Grimaldi 2014
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Sphecomyrmodes spiralis (type locality: 123113) |