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Petraeomyrmex

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Petraeomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene
Petraeomyrmex minimus
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Petraeomyrmex

Carpenter, 1930
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P. minimus
Binomial name
Petraeomyrmex minimus
Carpenter, 1930

Petraeomyrmex is a genus of extinct species in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Petraeomyrmex minimus.[1] The species was once endemic to the United States in Colorado, which was the location of where the fossil remains were found.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533