Oligobombus cuspidatus

Oligobombus cuspidatus was described by Antropov in 2014 from the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls in the late Eocene of the Isle of Wight, England. The fossil was described by re-examining a specimen in the Smith Collection. The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]

Oligobombus cuspidatus
Temporal range: Priabonian
~37–34 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: †Oligobombus
Species:
†O. cuspidatus
Binomial name
†Oligobombus cuspidatus
Antropov, 2014

References
  1. "†Oligobombus Antropov 2014 (bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. Antropov, A. V.; et al. (May 2014). "The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 104: 1–112. doi:10.1017/S1755691014000103.


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