MCZ Entomology PALE-2891

Formica grandis Carpenter 1932

Paratype of Formica grandis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2012-01-01

North America: United States: Colorado: Teller | Florissant

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:PALE-2891 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology PALE-2891

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:PALE-2891 Formica grandis Paratype

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Current Identification
Formica grandis Carpenter 1932
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID

Carpenter 1930, page 57, Paratype of Formica grandis Carpenter 1932
Media type: text; Carpenter 1930 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXX no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Carpenter 1930 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXX no. 1

  • type number: 2891

Part Condition Disposition Count
unknown (fossil) Fossil coated with resin-like substance unknown 1 History
Remarks: insect body; Notes: Fossil coated with resin-like substance; dilute solution of damar as per Carpenter 1930 [p.07]

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  • Notes: MCZ catalogue incorrectly lists MCZ-2891 as Formica cockerelli. Observed by: J. Fraser, June 1993. Photo credit: H. Meyer.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Colorado
  • County:
  • Teller
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2000251 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Florissant
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Florissant, Colorado
  • Eonothem/Eon:
  • Phanerozoic By: Crystal A. Maier on 2021-07-26
  • Erathem/Era:
  • Cenozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Period/System:
  • Paleogene By: [No Agent]
  • Epoch/Series:
  • Eocene By: [No Agent]
  • Sub-Epoch:
  • Late Eocene By: [No Agent]
  • Georeference:
  • 38.9333000°, -105.28330° (Error radius: 6628m) By: Zoe Flores on 2022-07-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2012-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Entomology PALE-2876; PALE-2879; PALE-2881; PALE-2883; PALE-2885; PALE-2887; PALE-2888; PALE-2890; PALE-2892; PALE-2894; PALE-2896; PALE-2898; PALE-2899; PALE-2877; PALE-2880; PALE-2882; PALE-2884; PALE-2886; PALE-2889; PALE-2891; PALE-2893; PALE-2895; PALE-2897; PALE-2900; PALE-2878 Description: MCZ Entomology Fossil Insects foss-000001, pg.116;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ent:PALE-2876 Archiponera wheeleri Holotyp...

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