Paleoburn, locality 40190: Bridgerian, Colorado
collected by D. Kohls 1991-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Ponerites coloradensis n. sp.
Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
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2 specimens | |||||||||
USNM 495896, 895 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Gryllidae
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Gryllinae indet.
Laicharting 1781
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Gorochov and Labandeira 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM Kohls 95759 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Pseudophyllodromiidae
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Cariblattoides labandeirai
Vršanský et al. 2012
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Vršanský et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM 542285 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 108.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 94.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Green River |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone | ||
Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Geology comments: Laramide-style block faulting |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | D. Kohls | Collection dates: | 1991-1993 |
Metadata
Database number: | 138687 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2013-01-25 12:37:33 | Last modified: | 2014-07-30 17:10:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-25 12:37:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44418. | G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russian Entomological Journal 11:411-436 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
52087 | A. V. Gorochov and C. C. Labandeira. 2012. Eocene Orthoptera from Green River Formation of Wyoming (USA). Russian Entomological Journal 21:357-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44499 | P. Vršanský, L. Vidlička, F. and F. Marsh. 2012. Derived, still living cockroach genus Cariblattoides (Blattida: Blattellidae) from the Eocene sediments of Green River in Colorado, USA. Insect Science 19:143-152 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |