Fairplay (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Nelson Ranch; South Park

Where: Park County, Colorado (39.2° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 33.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maroon Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• thought by Scudder to be "Triassic," but more likely Permian according to Cockerell 1911 (Psyche) and Elias (1953); almost certainly in the Maroon Formation and very likely in the Wolfcampian upper Pony Spring Member based on Brill 1952 (see Fig. 1)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Basins from block faulting associated with Ancestral Rocky Mountains
• "many exposures of the 'red beds'" in the area "occasionally [contain] distinct plant impressions" (Elias 1953)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying,

• found in a "shaft" owned by Robert A. Meier and first discovered by Arthur Lakes

•Elias (1953) unsuccessfuly attempted to relocate the site in 1944

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. New genera and species of fossil cockroaches, from the older American rocks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:34-39 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106345: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.03.2011, edited by Jered Karr and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
"Petrablattina meieri n. sp." = Phyloblatta meieri
"Petrablattina meieri n. sp." = Phyloblatta meieri Scudder 1885 winged insect
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Petrablattina aequa n. sp., "Etoblattina persistens n. sp." = Distatoblatta persistens4, Etoblattina sp.4
Petrablattina aequa n. sp. Scudder 1885 cockroach
"Etoblattina persistens n. sp." = Distatoblatta persistens4 Scudder 1890 cockroach
Nos. 21(65), 22, 29(69), 66, 67(68)
Etoblattina sp.4 Scudder 1879 cockroach
No. 28(70)
 Blattodea - Poroblattinidae
Poroblattina lakesii n. sp., Poroblattina arcuata n. sp., Scutinoblattina intermedia n. sp.3, "Neorthroblattina rotundata n. sp." = Nearoblatta rotundata3, Scutinoblattina brongniarti n. sp.3, "Neorthroblattina lakesii n. sp." = Poroblattina parvula3, "Neorthroblattina attenuata n. sp." = Epheboblatta attenuata3, Scutinoblattina recta n. sp.3
Poroblattina lakesii n. sp. Scudder 1885 cockroach
Poroblattina arcuata n. sp. Scudder 1885 cockroach
Scutinoblattina intermedia n. sp.3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
Nos. 97(98), 99
"Neorthroblattina rotundata n. sp." = Nearoblatta rotundata3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
Nos. 78(79), 100(101), 102(103)
Scutinoblattina brongniarti n. sp.3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
Nos. 36, 80(81)
"Neorthroblattina lakesii n. sp." = Poroblattina parvula3 Goldenberg 1869 cockroach
Nos. 34, 35(82), 76(77)
"Neorthroblattina attenuata n. sp." = Epheboblatta attenuata3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
No. 31(75)
Scutinoblattina recta n. sp.3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
Wings nos. 37, 85(86), 87(88), 89(90); prothoracic shields nos. 38, 84(83)
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Neorthroblattina albolineata n. sp.3 Scudder 1885 cockroach
No. 32, 33
 Dicondylia - Spiloblattinidae
"Spiloblattina marginata n. sp." = Dicladoblatta marginata, "Spiloblattina perforata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis2, "Spiloblattina triassica n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis, "Spiloblattina gardineri n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis, "Sysciophlebia fenestrata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis2, "Spiloblattina guttata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis, Spiloblattinidae gardinerana n. sp.1, Anthracoblattina triassica n. sp.4
"Spiloblattina marginata n. sp." = Dicladoblatta marginata Scudder 1885 winged insect
"Spiloblattina perforata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis2 Geinitz 1873 winged insect
one of Scudders S. gardineri specimens
"Spiloblattina triassica n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis Geinitz 1873 winged insect
"Spiloblattina gardineri n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis Geinitz 1873 winged insect
"Sysciophlebia fenestrata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis2 Geinitz 1873 winged insect
one of Scudders S. gardineri specimens
"Spiloblattina guttata n. sp." = Spiloblattina weissigensis Geinitz 1873 winged insect
Spiloblattinidae gardinerana n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
one of Scudders S. gardineri specimens
Anthracoblattina triassica n. sp.4 Scudder 1890 winged insect
No. 24(64)
 Hemiptera -
Cercopyllis delicatula n. sp.4 Scudder 1890 true bug
No. 40
Cercopyllis justiciae n. sp.4 Scudder 1890 true bug
No. 39
Cercopyllis adolescens n. sp.4 Scudder 1890 true bug
No 41