USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.8° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 93.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cathedral Bluffs Tongue Member (Wasatch Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Winchester; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105004: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.02.2011, edited by Alex Aguilar and Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Eopimpla grandis n. gen. n. sp.
Eopimpla grandis n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1921 ichneumon wasp
USNM 66581
 Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae
Hydroptila phileos n. sp. Cockerell 1921 microcaddisfly
USNM 66553
 Hemiptera - Dinidoridae
Dinidorites margiformis n. gen. n. sp.1
Dinidorites margiformis n. gen. n. sp.1 Cockerell 1921 dinidorid bug
USNM 66927
 Hemiptera - Delphacidae
Delphax veterum n. sp.1 Cockerell 1921 planthopper
USNM 66926
 Hemiptera -
Delphax senilis2 Scudder 1877 true bug
USNM 69186
 Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Pronemobius ornatipes n. sp.1 Cockerell 1921 field cricket
USNM 66918
 Diptera - Empididae
Rhamphomyia enena n. sp.1 Cockerell 1921 dagger fly
USNM 66921
 Diptera - Syrphidae
Syrphus lithaphidis n. sp. Cockerell 1921 hover fly
USNM 66585
 Diptera -
Acanthomyites aldrichi n. gen. n. sp.1
Acanthomyites aldrichi n. gen. n. sp.1 Cockerell 1921 fly
USNM 66925
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia winchesteri Cockerell 1917 love bug
several specimens
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Dicranomyia primitiva Scudder 1877 crane fly