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383 / Mesozoic
Camelomecia
Camelomecia janovitzi
An elongated prothorax gave this aculeate relative a neck-like outline.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 99 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Humid resin forest · Myanmar
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Camelomecia?
Camelomecia (Camelomecia janovitzi) was an extinct organism known from About 99 million years ago, with a range in Humid resin forest · Myanmar.
Life and ecology
It likely searched bark and vegetation for prey or hosts.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Camelomecia disappear?
Cretaceous insect turnover is possible context; a single amber specimen cannot show why this isolated lineage disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Camelomecia?
Amber preserves the head, thorax, wing venation and waist, while exact affinity remains revised.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS