Florissant, Station 9 (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 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

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bombyliidae
Pachysystropus rohweri n. gen. n. sp.1
Pachysystropus rohweri n. gen. n. sp.1 Cockerell 1909 bee fly
in YPM (station 9)
 Orthoptera - Palaeorehniidae
Palaeorehnia maculata n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeorehnia maculata n. gen. n. sp. grasshopper
BMNH In.8430
 Hymenoptera - Philanthidae
Philanthus saxigenus n. sp.2
Philanthus saxigenus n. sp.2 Rohwer 1909 apoid wasp
UCM-8596
 Coleoptera - Anthribidae
"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)
 Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion cockerelli n. sp.3
Apion cockerelli n. sp.3 Wickham 1911 weevil
AMNH, Florissant 1906 no. 255 (station W.9, L)
1Cockerell 1909; 2Rohwer 1909; 3Wickham 1911