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398 / Mesozoic
Discoscapa
Discoscapa apicula
Pollen on the legs and body records an early pollination relationship.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 99 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Flowering-plant resin forest · Myanmar
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Discoscapa?
Discoscapa (Discoscapa apicula) was an extinct organism known from About 99 million years ago, with a range in Flowering-plant resin forest · Myanmar.
Life and ecology
This wasp-bee relative visited small flowers for pollen or nectar.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Discoscapa disappear?
Pollinating insects later diversified rapidly, but a younger fauna does not by itself show that they replaced this lineage.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Discoscapa?
Amber preserves hairs, pollen, wings and mouthparts; true bee status remains debated.
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