Where: Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fossil Butte Member (Green River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; white shale
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by brothers Bell
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/L. Edwards]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122192: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Plecia pealei Scudder 1890 love bug |