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Gerontoformica occidentalis
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis was named by Perrichot et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MNHN FRS 4.4, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Charentese Amber, Fouras, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.
It was recombined as Gerontoformica occidentalis by Barden and Grimaldi (2016), Boudinot et al. (2020) and Boudinot et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Gerontoformica occidentalis by Barden and Grimaldi (2016), Boudinot et al. (2020) and Boudinot et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Perrichot et al. p. 95 fig. 3,4 |
| 2012 | Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Bolton |
| 2016 | Gerontoformica occidentalis Barden and Grimaldi |
| 2020 | Gerontoformica occidentalis Boudinot et al. p. 29 |
| 2022 | Gerontoformica occidentalis 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 occidentalis Perrichot et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Gerontoformica occidentalis (123118) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis (type locality: 161514) |