PBDB Collection

Green River (Packard Collection): Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by Dr. A.S. Packard

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

	Dysagrion lakesii n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	Dr AS Packard 259-260 (1 measurement)

	Dysagrion packardii n. sp. Scudder 1885		3 specimens
	Dr AS Packard 252-253, 146, 147 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Mogoplistidae

	Pronemobius smithii n. sp. Scudder 1890		2 specimens
	134, 145 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

	Pronemobius tertiarius (Scudder 1878)		4 specimens
	135, 141, 142(144), 143

	Pronemobius induratus n. sp. Scudder 1890		2 specimens
	136, 139 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Eumastacidae

	Tyrbula multispinosa Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	138(140)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

	Braconidae indet. Nees ab Esenbeck 1811		2 specimens
	133, 130 (6 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

	Rhyssa juvenis n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	129 (3 measurements)

	Lithotorus cressoni n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	131 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

	Didineis solidescens n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	132(263) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

	Liometopum pingue Scudder 1877		1 specimen
	262 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

	? Anobium ovale Scudder 1878		1 specimen
	97
Insecta - Coleoptera - Laemophloeidae

	Parandrita vestita n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	87 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

	Listronotus muratus n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	90 (3 measurements)

	Sitona fodinarum Scudder 1893	Scudder 1893	1 specimen
	100

	Tanymecus seculorum n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	91 (2 measurements)

	Hylobius packardii n. sp. Scudder 1893	Scudder 1893	1 specimen
	225 (2 measurements)

	Centrinus diruptus n. sp. Scudder 1893	Scudder 1893	1 specimen
	250 (1 measurement)

	Anthonomus soporus Scudder 1890	Scudder 1893	1 specimen
	193
Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae

	Hormiscus partitus n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

	Eugnamptus grandaevus (Scudder 1876)		1 specimen
	76
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

	Bledius faecorum n. sp. Scudder 1900	Scudder 1900	1 specimen
	186 (1 measurement)

	Homalota recisa n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	78 (1 measurement)

	Lathrobium abscessum Scudder 1876		2 specimens
	84, 94
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

	Aegialia rupta n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	80(81) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

	Hydrochus relictus n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	88 (2 measurements)

	Hydrobius confixus n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	79 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

	Nosodendron tritavum n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	86 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Platynus caesus n. sp. Scudder 1890		2 specimens
	83, 85 (6 measurements)

	Galerita marshii n. sp. Scudder 1900	Scudder 1900	1 specimen
	92 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

	Lithophysa tumulta n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	4 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Sciomyzidae

	? Sciomyza sp. Fallen 1820		1 specimen
	18

	? Sciomyza disjecta Scudder 1878
	found in considerable numbers

	? Sciomyza manca Scudder 1878
	most abundant Diptera
Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

	? Cheilosia sp. Meigen 1822		1 specimen
	17 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

	Sciara scopuli n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	2 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

	Rymosia strangulata n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	11 (1 measurement)

	Anatella tacita n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	14 (3 measurements)

	Boletina paludivaga n. sp. Scudder 1890		2 specimens
	5, 40 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

	Plecia dejecta n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	8 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

	Asarcomyia cadaver n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	12 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

	Chironomus septus n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	10 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

	Culex damnatorum n. sp. Scudder 1890		3 specimens
	16, 38, 39 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

	Tipula spoliata n. sp. Scudder 1890		3 specimens
	15(74), 42, 43(44) (2 measurements)

	Tipula sepulchri n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	9 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera

	Diaplegma obdormitum n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	127 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ricaniidae

	Hammapteryx reticulata n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	117 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Nogodinidae

	Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder 1878		1 specimen
	118

	Paralatindia saussurei n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	137 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridae

	? Lystra richardsoni Scudder 1878		2 specimens
	121, 123

	? Lystra leei n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	119 (2 measurements)

	Fulgora populata n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	111 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera

	? Oliarus lutensis n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	112 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

	Cercopites calliscens n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	104(115) (2 measurements)

	Cercopites umbratilis n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	108 (2 measurements)

	Cercopis astricta n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	110(125) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae

	Tettigonia priscovariegata n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	127 (2 measurements)

	Cicadula saxosa n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	114(126) (2 measurements)

	Thamnotettix gannetti n. sp. Scudder 1890		2 specimens
	116, 120 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera

	Necygonus rotundatus n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	107 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Rhyparochromidae

	Cholula triguttata n. sp. Scudder 1890		1 specimen
	113 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Wyoming
Coordinates:	41.5° North, 109.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	49.0° North, 86.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Bridgerian
Age range of interval:	50.5 - 46.2 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:

Green River

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	diatomite
Secondary lithology:	"shale"
Environment:	lacustrine - large	Tectonic setting:	intermontane basin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	adpression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collectors:	Dr. A.S. Packard

Metadata

Database number:	122090
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-12-16 10:45:20	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-12-16 10:45:20
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

5136.

ETE 848

S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/L. Edwards]

Secondary references:

49890		S. H. Scudder. 1885. 4. Classe Insecta. Insecten. In K. Zittel (ed.), Handbuch der Palaeontologie, I Abtheilung. Palaeozoologie 2:747-831 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5137	ETE 849	S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5139	ETE 851	S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]