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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Myrmeciinae
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Prionomyrmecini
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Tyrannomecia
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Tyrannomecia inopinata
†
Tyrannomecia
inopinata
Jouault & Nel, 2021
valid
†
Tyrannomecia inopinata
Jouault & Nel, 2021
: 2244, figs. 1, 2 (w.) FRANCE (Palaeocene).
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: France: Puy-de-Dôme, Menat, Historical quarry of ‘Noir d’Auvergne’, horizon: Middle Palaeocene (ca. 60 Ma), Menat Basin. Primary type depository:
MNHN
. Primary type specimen:
MNHN
.FA71374 (Oli 435, collection Philippe Olivier, both sides).
Citations
Jouault, C.
;
Nel, A.
2021 ("2022").
The oldest Cenozoic ant fossil: †
Tyrannomecia
gen. nov. (Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) from the Palaeocene Menat Formation (France).
Historical Biology 34:2241-2248.
10.1080/08912963.2021.2010192
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