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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Cypris florissantensis n. sp.3
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Arachnida | |
Lycosa florissanti n. sp.7
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Myriapoda | |
Parajulus cockerelli n. sp.6
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Insecta | |
"Nemotelus prisculus n. sp." = Rhingiopsis prisculus3
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"Hirmoneurites willistoni n. gen. n. sp." = Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) willistoni3, Neorhynchocephalus occultator
"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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Chironomus requiescens, "Chironomus sepultus n. sp." = Chironomus almelanderi, Diamesa extincta n. sp.
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Eriocampa pristina n. sp.3
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Urosigalphus aeternus n. sp.1, "Exothecus abrogatus n. sp." = Colastes abrogatus1, Microplitis vesperus n. sp.1, Chelonus solidus n. sp.1, "Agathis juvenilis n. sp." = Bassus juvenilis1
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Mesochorus cataclysmi n. sp.1, Mesochorus abolitus n. sp.1, Mesochorus carceratus n. sp.1, Tryphon florissantensis n. sp.1, Tryphon senex n. sp.1, Lampronota tenebrosa n. sp.1, Leptobatopsis ashmeadii n. sp.1, Limnerium consuetum n. sp.1, Limnerium depositum n. sp.1, Limnerium plenum n. sp.1, Tylecomnus pimploides n. sp.1, Exochus captus n. sp.1, Mesoleptus exstirpatus n. sp.1, Hemiteles veternus n. sp.1
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Geotiphia sternbergi n. sp.3
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Lasius peritulus2, Formica robusta2, "Camponotus petrifactus" = Camponotites petrifactus2, Protazteca capitata2, Protazteca elongata2, Protazteca quadrata2, Dolichoderus rohweri2, "Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) antiquus" = Dolichoderus antiquus2, Liometopum scudderi2, Liometopum miocenicum2, Iridomyrmex florissantius2, Miomyrmex impactus2, Elaeomyrmex gracilis2, Aphaenogaster mayri2
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Floriscolia relicta n. gen. n. sp.8
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Epyris deletus n. sp.1
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Proctotrypes exhumatus n. sp.1
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Pteromalus exanimis n. sp.1
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Chalcis perdita n. sp.1
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"Figites solus n. sp." = Palaeogronotoma sola1
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? Hydriomena protrita n. sp.4
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Indusia cypridis n. sp.3
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