Gerontoformica occidentalis

†Gerontoformica occidentalis Temporal range: Late Albian to Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Charentese amber, Aquitaine Basin, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Sphecomyrminae
Tribe:	Sphecomyrmini
Genus:	Gerontoformica
Species:	†G. occidentalis
Binomial name
†Gerontoformica occidentalis (Perrichot, et al., 2008)

Distribution

This taxon was described from French Amber (Cretaceous).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †occidentalis. †Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Perrichot, et al. 2008: 95, figs. 3, 4 (w.) FRENCH AMBER (Cretaceous). Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: Supplemental Information.

References

• Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26: 515-521 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060).