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 Sternberg, Duce, Rusk in 1909; reposited in the AMNH
• Some material possibly collected by Cockerell et al.
Primary reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123119: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.01.2012, edited by April Kinchloe and Amy Delelli
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Parajulus cockerelli n. sp.6
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Ostracoda | |
Cypris florissantensis n. sp.3
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Arachnida | |
Lycosa florissanti n. sp.7
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Insecta | |
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Eriocampa pristina n. sp.3
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Proctotrypes exhumatus n. sp.1
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"Figites solus n. sp." = Palaeogronotoma sola1
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Chalcis perdita n. sp.1
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Pteromalus exanimis n. sp.1
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Mesoleptus exstirpatus n. sp.1, Hemiteles veternus n. sp.1, Limnerium consuetum n. sp.1, Limnerium plenum n. sp.1, Limnerium depositum n. sp.1, Tryphon florissantensis n. sp.1, Tryphon senex n. sp.1, Lampronota tenebrosa n. sp.1, Leptobatopsis ashmeadii n. sp.1, Mesochorus cataclysmi n. sp.1, Mesochorus carceratus n. sp.1, Mesochorus abolitus n. sp.1, Exochus captus n. sp.1, Tylecomnus pimploides n. sp.1
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"Exothecus abrogatus n. sp." = Colastes abrogatus1, Microplitis vesperus n. sp.1, Urosigalphus aeternus n. sp.1, "Agathis juvenilis n. sp." = Bassus juvenilis1, Chelonus solidus n. sp.1
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Aphaenogaster mayri2, Formica robusta2, "Camponotus petrifactus" = Camponotites petrifactus2, Lasius peritulus2, Elaeomyrmex gracilis2, Protazteca capitata2, Protazteca quadrata2, Protazteca elongata2, Iridomyrmex florissantius2, Miomyrmex impactus2, Dolichoderus rohweri2, "Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) antiquus" = Dolichoderus antiquus2, Liometopum miocenicum2, Liometopum scudderi2
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Geotiphia sternbergi n. sp.3
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Floriscolia relicta n. gen. n. sp.8
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Epyris deletus n. sp.1
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? Hydriomena protrita n. sp.4
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Indusia cypridis n. sp.3
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"Chironomus sepultus n. sp." = Chironomus almelanderi, Chironomus requiescens, Diamesa extincta n. sp.
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"Nemotelus prisculus n. sp." = Rhingiopsis prisculus3
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Neorhynchocephalus occultator, "Hirmoneurites willistoni n. gen. n. sp." = Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) willistoni3
"Hirmoneurites willistoni n. gen. n. sp." = Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) willistoni3 Cockerell 1910 tangle-veined fly AMNH 10244
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Rhamphomyia senecta n. sp.
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Exechia priscula n. sp.
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