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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 19:38, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Burmomyrma
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- ... that the extinct ant Burmomyrma rossi (pictured) was missing its head when described?
- Reviewed: European snow vole
Created by Kevmin (talk). Self nominated at 03:01, 23 October 2013 (UTC).
Length, hook, date ok, couldn't access ref but tick as AGF. Photo on Commons. But shouldn't the hook say 'discovered' instead of described? --Soman (talk) 04:02, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
- There is no indication in the type paper as to whether the holotype was originally whole when collected, and subsequently lost the head during polishing of the amber, or if the head was already gone when the amber was collected. Thus, I went with the verifiable wording, which is when being described in the type paper, the head as gone. --Kevmin § 04:53, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
