Green River (Scudder Collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (41.5° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; diatomite and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Scudder

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 114058: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.08.2011, edited by Alex Aguilar

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Amphipterygidae
Protamphipteryx basalis n. gen. n. sp.
Protamphipteryx basalis n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1921 damselfly
USNM 66550
 Odonata -
Eocalopteryx atavina n. sp., Eopodagrion scudderi n. gen. n. sp., Stenogomphus scudderi n. sp.
Eocalopteryx atavina n. sp. Cockerell 1921 damselfly
USNM 66549
Eopodagrion scudderi n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1921 damselfly
USNM 66551 coll Scudder
Stenogomphus scudderi n. sp. Cockerell 1921 true dragonfly
USNM 66919, 66920
 Neuroptera -
Callospilopteron ocellatum n. gen. n. sp.
Callospilopteron ocellatum n. gen. n. sp. Cockerell 1921 lacewing
USNM 66563