| Anthidium scudderi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Anthidium |
| Species: | †A. scudderi
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| †Anthidium scudderi Cockerell, 1906
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Anthidium scudderi is an extinct species of mason bee in the Megachilidae genus Anthidium.[1] The species is solely known from the late Eocene, Chadronian stage,[2] Florissant Formation deposits in Florissant, Colorado, USA.[1] Anthidium scudderi is one of only four extinct species of mason bees known from the fossil record, and with Anthidium exhumatum, one of two species from the Florissant Formation.[1]
- ^ a b c Cockerell, T.D.A. (1906). "Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. L (2).
- ^ Lloyd, K.J.; Eberle, J.J. (2008). "A new talpid from the late Eocene of North America" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (3): 539โ543. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0311.