Biology:Crematogaster aurora
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Short description: Extinct species of ant
| Crematogaster aurora | |
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| A image of the Crematogaster aurora queen ant. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | †C. aurora
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| †Crematogaster aurora LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015
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Crematogaster aurora is a valid species of myrmicine ant[1] that lived in Baltic Europe about 46 million to 43 million years ago during the Cenozoic era Eocene epoch. C. aurora has a similar look to the ant genus Acanthomyrmex and shares some similarities with the ant genus Pristomyrmex.[2] The fossil found of C. aurora is of a queen ant that is brown in coloration. It probably died by drowning in a lake approximently 46 million years ago.[3]
References
- ↑ "Crematogaster aurora" (in en). https://www.antweb.org/images.do?genus=crematogaster&species=aurora&rank=species&project=fossilants.
- ↑ Chény, Cédric; Wang, Bo; Perrichot, Vincent (2019-09-01). "A new genus of myrmicine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Eocene Baltic amber". Comptes Rendus Palevol 18 (6): 589–597. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.05.005. ISSN 1631-0683. https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-02296266/file/1-s2.0-S1631068319301216-main.pdf.
- ↑ "Smithsonian Insider – New Montana ant species emerge from 46-million-year-old rock | Smithsonian Insider" (in en-US). 2016-01-08. https://insider.si.edu/2016/01/new-montana-ant-species-emerge-from-46-million-year-old-rock/.
Wikidata ☰ Q123184809 entry
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