Florissant, Station 12 (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, S. A. Rohwer; reposited in the AMNH, UCM

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 124682: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Muscidae
Ophyra vetusta n. sp.
Ophyra vetusta n. sp. Melander 1949 house fly
AMNH 26614
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomus scudderiellus
Chironomus scudderiellus Cockerell 1916 non biting midge
AMNH 26472
 Hymenoptera - Chalcididae
Chalcis praevolans n. sp.
Chalcis praevolans n. sp. Cockerell 1907 chalcid wasp