CASENT0741232 Gerontoformica gracilis

3D Model

This is a 3D model of a fossilized ant first presented in the scientific article ‘Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)’ published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by Brendon E. Boudinot and others. The ant was identified and described as Gerontoformica gracilis from a piece of Cretaceous amber about 99 million years old (collection ID: AMNH Bu-SY23; specimen ID: CASENT0741232). To create the 3D model, the amber was micro-CT scanned. Adrian Richter created the model using segmentation techniques, Shuhei Yamamoto took the photo, and Julian Katzke scanned it and uploaded it here.