Invertebrate
Titanomyrma
Titanomyrma was a large fossil ant with a particularly impressive winged queen form.
Titanomyrma was a large fossil ant with a particularly impressive winged queen form. The contrast between a robust ant body and long wings makes it distinct from a giant dragonfly.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Titanomyrma at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Eocene
- Group
- Formicidae
- Formicidae
Beyond the game
The real Titanomyrma
Titanomyrma was a large fossil ant with a particularly impressive winged queen form. The contrast between a robust ant body and long wings makes it distinct from a giant dragonfly.
The winged queen form combines a large ant body with long wings. As in other ants, immature developmental stages would have differed profoundly from the adult body plan.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- California Academy of Sciences AntWeb: Titanomyrma gigantea
- Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals
- Paleobiology Database: Titanomyrma gigantea (txn:184420)
Original English Dinosgacha summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.