Title
A new interpretation of the oldest fossil bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Oldest fossil bee
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3296
By
Engel, Michael S.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2000
Notes
Title from caption.
"April 25, 2000."
The oldest fossil bee, "Trigona" prisca (Apidae: Meliponini), in Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) amber from New Jersey, is redescribed and figured. Differences between T. prisca and extant Trigona are noted and the fossil is transferred into a new genus, Cretotrigona. An exploratory cladistic analysis of the Meliponini is undertaken and Cretotrigona supported as sister to the African genus Dactylurina. Affinities between Cretotrigona and recent genera are discussed as are implications of the presence of this derived stingless bee group at the end of the Mesozoic.
Subjects
Amber fossils
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Bees, Fossil
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Cretaceous
,
Cretotrigona prisca
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Insects, Fossil
,
Kinkora (Burlington County)
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New Jersey
,
Paleontology
,
Trigona prisca
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3296 2000
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2000)3296<0001:ANIOTO>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
43986332
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