The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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André Nel
G. Perrault
Vincent Perrichot
Didier Néradeau
Gerontoformica cretacica n. gen., n. sp., until now the oldest known ant, is described after a putative worker specimen, from the Uppermost Albian amber of France. Although its characters are those of modern ants, it does not fit in any recent ant subfamilies.

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Nel, André et al. “The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)”. Geologica Acta, 2004, vol.VOL 2, no. 1, p. 23, http://raco.cat/index.php/GeologicaActa/article/view/82184.

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