Florissant (Todd coll) (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 J.H. Todd, J.C. Todd in August, 1913

• Presented to the Museum of the University of Colorado

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1914. A new fossil sawfly from Florissant, Colorado. The Canadian Entomologist 46:32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122741: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
"Tenthredella toddi n. sp." = Tenthredo (Tenthredella) toddi
"Tenthredella toddi n. sp." = Tenthredo (Tenthredella) toddi Cockerell 1914 wood wasp