Forked Gulch, Green River (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.6° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 94.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone

• Laramide-style block faulting

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by D. Kohls; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: P. Vršanský, L. Šmídová, D. Valaška, P. Barna, L. Vidlička, P. Takáč, L. Pavlik, T. Kúdelová, T. S. Karim, D. Zelagin, and D. Smith. 2016. Origin of origami cockroach reveals long-lasting (11 Ma) phenotype instability following viviparity. The Science of Nature 103(78):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181559: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Blaberidae
Diploptera vladimir n. sp. Vršanský 2016 giant cockroach
USNM 570667