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Eotapinoma

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Eotapinoma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. It was described by Dlussky in 1988.[1]

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Eotapinoma
Temporal range: 79–56 Ma Campanian – Paleocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Eotapinoma
Dlussky, 1988
Type species
Eotapinoma gracilis
Diversity
3 fossil species
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Species

There are three fossil species described to the genus.[2]

  • Eotapinoma compacta Dlussky, 1988
  • Eotapinoma gracilis Dlussky, 1988
  • Eotapinoma macalpini Dlussky, 1999

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