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
Reposited in the UCM
• Specimen kept at the University of Colorado Museum Boulder
•"Recently collected" (in 1986)
Primary reference: F. M. Brown. 1986. Lithoserix williamsi (Siricidae: Hymenoptera) a newly recognized fossil horntail from Florissant, Colorado. Insecta Mundi 1(3):119-120 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144630: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 14.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Lithoserix williamsi n. gen. n. sp.
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