Florissant (Long collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Teller County, Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Florissant Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous shale

• "shales"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by S.H. Long

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1892. Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 93:1-25 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121481: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
"Barbarothea florissanti n. gen. n. sp." = Prolibythea florissanti, Apanthesis leuce n. gen. n. sp.
"Barbarothea florissanti n. gen. n. sp." = Prolibythea florissanti Scudder 1892 snout butterfly
Apanthesis leuce n. gen. n. sp. Scudder 1889 brush-footed butterfly
Scudder 16354