Jurassic Wood Wasp Myrmicium

$275.00

Myrmicium sp.

Class: Incecta, Order Hymnoptera, Family: Siricidae

Lithostratigraphy: Upper Jurassic; Lower Tithonium; Weissjura Group; Malm zeta 2b;

Altmuehltal formation; Obere Eichstaett Subformation

Biostratigraphy: Hybonotum Zone; Riedense Subzone

Eichstaett area, Bavaria, Germany

Availability: In stock

Description

The rare Jurassic Wood Wasp Myrmicium fossil comes from the famous Solnhofen Limestones in Germany. The insects that show up in the Solnhofen Lagune lived on nearby land. Wind or streams must have carried them into the salty Solnhofen Lagoon. The Jurassic Wood Wasp Myrmicium here measures 4.2 cm or around 1.7 inches. The slab is about 13 inches or 33 cm long and 8 inches or 20.4cm wide. The wings with structure , legs , body and antenna of the Wasp are visible. The name Horntail derives frome the spike on the end of the abdomen. It is used to pirce trees in order to lay eggs. The specimen here seems to be a male, since the spike is missing.

For more information you can go to or click here :  https://www.solnhofen-fossilienatlas.de and write the german name for Insects = Insekten under “Suche”. If you want a english translation it would be better to google Solnhofen Fossilienatls and choose “translate this page” in Google already.

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Additional information

Weight 1.990 kg
Dimensions 39 × 28 × 9.5 cm

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