Fossil of extinct primitive ant found 1st time in Japan

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A fossil of an extinct species of a primitive ant dating back to around 85 million years ago, belonging in the sphecomyrminae, has been discovered in Japan for the first time, the Myrmecological Society of Japan said on May 5. The fossil of the wasp-like ant has so far only been found in the United States and Russia, the society said. The fossil was found preserved in amber (in photo), which was taken from a stratum from the late Cretaceous period in Iwaki and Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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