Florissant (Wilson 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 George Wilson
• Send by Mr. F.H. Ward
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. The third fossil tsetse-fly. Nature 98:70 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122977: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Tenthredella oblita n. sp." = Tenthredo (Tenthredella) oblita3, "Eriocampoides mimus n. sp." = Caliroa mima3, "Eriocampoides micrarche n. sp." = Caliroa micrarche1, "Hemichroa eophila" = Eohemichroa eophila1, Palaeotaxonus vetus n. sp.3
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"Tortrix destructus n. sp." = Paleolepidopterites destructus1
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"Inocellia tumulata" = Archiraphidia tumulata3
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Saperda florissantensis n. sp.4
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Oxycera contusa n. sp.2
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"Tabanus merychippi n. sp." = Silvius merychippi1
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? Dioctria pulveris n. sp.3
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"Chilosia sepultula n. sp." = Cheilosia sepultula1
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"Glossina veterna n. sp." = Glossina oligocenus Scudder 1892 tsetse fly | |
Cordilura exhumata n. sp.1
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Pachysomites inermis n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Protolomatia recurrens n. sp." = Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens1, Dolichomyia tertiaria n. sp.2, "Protepacmus setosus n. gen. n. sp." = Villa setosa1
"Protolomatia recurrens n. sp." = Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens1 Cockerell 1916 bee fly USNM 61990
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Sciara florissantensis n. sp.1
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Plecia decapitata n. sp.3
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Chironomus scudderiellus n. sp.1
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