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, S. A. Rohwer; reposited in the 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 124683: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Chironomus requiescens n. sp.
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