Parachute creek member, Piceance Creek basin (Kohls collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.5° N, 108.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.2° N, 82.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parachute Creek Member (Green River Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by David Kohls; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. F. Petrulevičius, A. Nel, J. Rust, G. Bechly, and D. Kohls. 2007. New Paleogene Epallagidae (Insecta: Odonata) recorded in North America and Europe. Biogeographic implications. Alavesia 1:15-25 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107337: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.04.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Colemanus keeleyorum n. gen. n. sp.2
Colemanus keeleyorum n. gen. n. sp.2 Fisher 2015 wasp
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Bolitogyrus sp.1 Chevrolat 1842 rove beetle
USNM PAL591468
 Odonata - Euphaeidae
Labandeiraia americaborealis n. gen. n. sp. Petrulevičius et al. 2007 damselfly
SINMNH 31.665A-B