Where: Colorado (37.8° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 101.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Creede Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• The deposits are dated at 26.26-26.93 Ma (Lanphere 2000; Prothero 2008; Reynolds et al 2000)
Environment/lithology: crater lake; diatomaceous, tuffaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by Allan Caplan
• "Two hundred other Creede insects, sent to me for determination by Professor Case of the University of Michigan, who had previously secured them from Mr. Caplan." Carpenter, 1938
Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter, T. E. Snyder, C. P. Alexander, M. T. James, and F. M. Hull. 1938. Fossil Insects from the Creede Formation, Colorado Part 1. Introduction, Neuroptera, Isoptera and Diptera. Psyche 45:105-119 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121978: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 13.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Palaeochrysa creedei n. sp." = Archaeochrysa creedei
"Palaeochrysa creedei n. sp." = Archaeochrysa creedei Carpenter 1935 green lacewing MCZ 4316ab; collected by Allan Caplan, 1932 and donated to University of Michigan Museum, later donated to MCZ
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