Where: Teller County, Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.9° N, 89.3° W (Wright 2013)

• 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 122976: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

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