Angarosphecidae is an extinct family of

Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Creta ...

and early Cenozoic

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

in the superfamily

Apoidea The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the "sphecoid" wasps, and the bees. Molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from within the traditional "Crabronida ...

Genera

* †'' Angarosphex'' Rasnitsyn 1975

Weald Clay Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ro ...

, United Kingdom,

Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by t ...

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma ( million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is pre ...

La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation is an Early Cretaceous ( late Berriasian to early Barremian geologic formation in Catalonia, Spain. The formation crops out in the area of the Montsec in the Organyà Basin. At the La Pedrera de Meià localit ...

, Spain, Barremian

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly durin ...

, Brazil,

Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ag ...

Laiyang Formation,

Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its ...

, China, Aptian Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian

Zaza Formation The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous period. It is Aptian in age and consists of sandstones, siltstones, marls and bituminous shales Shale is a fine-grained, clastic se ...

, Turga Formation, Russia, Aptian Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Aptian *†'' Baissodes'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian Yixian Formaiton, China, Aptian Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian * †'' Burmasphex'' Melo and Rosa, 2018,

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. ...

, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Cretobestiola'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Argun Formation, Russia, Aptian * †'' Cretosphecium'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * †'' Decasphex'' Zheng et al 2020, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Eosphecium'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 Ootsa Lake Group,

Coldwater Beds The Coldwater Beds are a geologic formation of the Okanagan Highlands in British Columbia, Canada. They preserve fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian i ...

*†'' Eubaissodes'' Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian *†'' Ilerdosphex'' Rasnitsyn 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian *†'' Mesorhopalosoma'' Darling 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian *†'' Montsecosphex'' Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian *†'' Oryctobaissodes'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian *†'' Paleorhopalosoma'' Nel et al. 2010

Menat Formation The Menat Formation is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleocene. It is a maar deposit located on top of an ancient volcano, the extent is very localised with the outcropping area being around 600 by 1000 m ...

, France,

Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''pal ...

*†'' Pompilopterus'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian/Barremian La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Aptian *†'' Vitimosphex'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian Undescribed specimens are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2849255 Apoidea Prehistoric insect families