Propalosoma gutierrezae

†Propalosoma gutierrezae holotype queen

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmeciinae
Tribus:incertae sedis
Genus: †Propalosoma
Species: †Propalosoma gutierrezae

Name

Propalosoma gutierrezae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999 pg. 546-547 Fig.1

Type material

• Holotype: SR 93-08-04 (part)
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: Karen Gutierrez, 1991
• Holotype: UWBM 77524 (counterpart)
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: Karen Gutierrez, 1991

Type locality

Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

Etymology

• "After Ms Karen Gutierrez"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

References

Primary references

• Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999. Two new species of aculeate hymenopterans (Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontological Journal 33: 546–549. ISSN 0031-0301. https://antwiki.org/w/images/d/d5/Dlussky_%26_Rasnitsyn_1999b.pdf.  Reference page. 
• Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. & Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jouault, C. & Nel, A. 2022. The oldest Cenozoic ant fossil: †Tyrannomecia gen. nov. (Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) from the Palaeocene Menat Formation (France). Historical Biology 34(11): 2241–2248. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2010192. ISSN 0891-2963. https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03477166/file/Menat-myrme.pdf.  Reference page.