Eotapinoma compacta

Eotapinoma compacta
Temporal range: Paleocene

Sakhalin amber

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Eotapinoma
Species: E. compacta
Binomial name
Eotapinoma compacta
Dlussky, 1988

Eotapinoma compacta is an extinct species of ant in the genus Eotapinoma. It was described by Dlussky in 1988 when its fossils were found in Russia.[1]

References

  1. Dlussky, G. M. 1988a. Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?) Paleontol. Zh. 1988(1 1: 50-61 (page 55, fig. 3 worker described)