Where: Wyoming (42.6° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 96.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• Upper Green River Group or lower part of the Bridger Group
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by Dr. A.C. Peale
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. An Account of Some Insects of Unusual Interest from the Tertiary Rocks of Colorado and Wyoming. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):519-543 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121287: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 01.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Indusia calculosa n. sp.
Indusia calculosa n. sp. Scudder 1878 caddisfly upper floor of which is completely covered with caddis fly cases
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