ammonites
Orthocentrus defossus Brues 1910 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1910. The Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College LIV(1)

Belongs to Orthocentrus according to C. T. Brues 1910

Sister taxon: Orthocentrus primus

Type specimen: MCZ 2238, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): Body length 6.50