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1915 In Paleontology
Arthropods Newly named insects Archosauromorphs Newly named pseudosuchians Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Anapsids Turtles Synapsids Non-mammalian Paleontologists * Death of Eberhard Fraas. References {{portal, Paleontology 1910s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fos ... Paleontology 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphaenogaster Mersa
''Aphaenogaster mersa'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from a pair of Middle Eocene fossils found in Europe. ''A. mersa'' is one of three species in the ant genus ''Aphaenogaster'' to have been noted from fossils found in Baltic amber by William Morton Wheeler. History and classification ''Aphaenogaster mersa'' was examined and described from a single type specimen worker which was fossilized as an inclusion in a transparent chunk of Baltic amber. Baltic amber is approximately 46 million years old, having been deposited during the Lutetian stage of the Middle Eocene. There is debate over the plant family which produced the amber, with evidence supporting relatives of either an ''Agathis'' or a ''Pseudolarix''. When first described, the type worker was part of the University of Königsberg amber collection as specimen number B18509. The fossil was first studied by Wheeler, then a paleoentomologist with Harvard University, who placed the species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolichoderus Passalomma
''Dolichoderus passalomma'' is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus ''Dolichoderus''. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, a fossilised worker of the extinct species was discovered in Baltic amber. References † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ... Eocene insects Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1915 Fossil ant taxa {{Dolichoderus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euponera (Trachymesopus) Succinea
''Pachycondyla succinea'' is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe. ''P. petrosa'' is one of three middle Eocene ''Pachycondyla'' species found in Baltic amber. History and classification When described ''Pachycondyla succinea'' was known only from three queen fossils which were fossilized as inclusions in transparent chunks of Baltic amber which are now presumed lost. Additional queens have since been found in Baltic, Rovno, and Scandinavian amber. Males were later identified from Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers. Baltic amber is approximately forty six million years old, having been deposited during Lutetian stage of the Middle Eocene. There is debate on what plant family the amber was produced by, with macrofossil and microfossil evidence suggesting a ''Pinus'' relative, while chemical and spectroscopic evidence suggests ''Agathis'' or ''Sciadopitys''. The paleoenvironment of the Eocene Baltic forests where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carebara Antiqua BMNHP18806 Profile
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf litter inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers. Species *''Carebara aborensis'' (Wheeler, 1913) *''Carebara abuhurayri'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 *''Carebara acuta'' (Weber, 1952) *''Carebara acutispina'' (Xu, 2003) *''Carebara affinis'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Carebara afghana'' (Pisarski, 1970) *''Carebara africana'' (Forel, 1910) *''Carebara alluaudi'' (Santschi, 1913) *''Carebara alperti'' Fernández, 2010 *''Carebara alpha'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 In Paleontology
Arthropods Newly named Insecta Conodonts Anapsids Newly named mesosaurs Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Newly named birds References {{reflist, 30em Paleontology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligomyrmex Antiqua
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf litter inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers. Species *''Carebara aborensis'' (Wheeler, 1913) *''Carebara abuhurayri'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 *''Carebara acuta'' (Weber, 1952) *''Carebara acutispina'' (Xu, 2003) *''Carebara affinis'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Carebara afghana'' (Pisarski, 1970) *''Carebara africana'' (Forel, 1910) *''Carebara alluaudi'' (Santschi, 1913) *''Carebara alperti'' Fernández, 2010 *''Carebara alpha'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emplastus Britannicus BMNHP20546 Whole
''Emplastus'' is an extinct morphogenus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, known from fossils found in Asia and Europe. The genus contains twelve species described from sites in England, Eastern Europe and Far Eastern Russia. Distribution ''Emplastus'' is known from a number of adult fossil specimens which are composed of partial adult males, female workers and queens. The first specimens described were preserved as compression fossils in sedimentary rock from the Radoboj area of what is now Croatia. The deposits are the result of sedimentation in an inland sea basin, possibly a shallow lagoon environment, during the Burdigalian of the Early Miocene. Along with the ''Emplastus'' species, a diverse assemblage of several hundred species of insects have been preserved in the sediments, along with fish and algae. The fossil impressions are preserved in micrite limestones, resulting in low quality preservation of fine details. Another series of species were described fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Cockerell
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948) was an American zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother of Sydney Cockerell. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and then studied botany in the field in Colorado in 1887–90. Subsequently, he became a taxonomist and published numerous papers on the Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Mollusca and plants, as well as publications on paleontology and evolution. Personal life Cockerell was born in Norwood, Greater London and died in San Diego, California. He married Annie Sarah Fenn in 1891 (she died in 1893) and Wilmatte Porter in 1900. In 1901, he named the ultramarine blue chromodorid ''Mexichromis porterae'' (now ''Felimare porterae'') in her honor. After their marriage in 1900, they frequently went on collecting expeditions together and assembled a large private library of natural history films, which they showed to schoolchildren and public audiences to promote the cause of environmental conservation. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emplastus
''Emplastus'' is an extinct morphogenus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, known from fossils found in Asia and Europe. The genus contains twelve species described from sites in England, Eastern Europe and Far Eastern Russia. Distribution ''Emplastus'' is known from a number of adult fossil specimens which are composed of partial adult males, female workers and queens. The first specimens described were preserved as compression fossils in sedimentary rock from the Radoboj area of what is now Croatia. The deposits are the result of sedimentation in an inland sea basin, possibly a shallow lagoon environment, during the Burdigalian of the Early Miocene. Along with the ''Emplastus'' species, a diverse assemblage of several hundred species of insects have been preserved in the sediments, along with fish and algae. The fossil impressions are preserved in micrite limestones, resulting in low quality preservation of fine details. Another series of species were described from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
