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 in 1906; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. A fossil orthopterous insect with the media and cubitus fusing. Entomological News 19:126-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123981: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pachysystropus rohweri n. gen. n. sp.1
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Philanthus saxigenus n. sp.2
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"Cratoparis adumbratus n. sp." = Euparius adumbratus3
"Cratoparis adumbratus n. sp." = Euparius adumbratus3 Wickham 1911 fungus weevil UCM, Florissant 1906 no. 113 (station W.9, L)
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Apion cockerelli n. sp.3
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Palaeorehnia maculata n. gen. n. sp.
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