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
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by W. P. Cockerell, T. D. A. Cockerell, S. A. Rohwer; reposited in the UCM
Primary reference: C. T. Brues. 1906. Fossil Parasitic and Phytophagous Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:491-498 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122975: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.01.2012, edited by Amy Delelli
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mesostenus modestus n. sp.
Mesostenus modestus n. sp. Brues 1906 ichneumon wasp | |
"Agenia cockerellae n. sp." = Pepsinites cockerellae2
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Meracantha lacustris n. sp.3
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Themira saxifica n. sp.1
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"Amphicosmus delicatulus n. sp." = Amphicosmus (Amphicosmus) delicatulus1
"Amphicosmus delicatulus n. sp." = Amphicosmus (Amphicosmus) delicatulus1 Melander 1949 bee fly AMNH 26600 (S.A. Rohwer)
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