Where: Colorado (39.5° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 95.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by John Byram
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Fossil insects in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(13):1-15 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122747: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Thamnotettix eocenicus Cockerell 1921 leafhopper | |
Cyttaromyia reclusa n. sp.
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