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 S. A. Rohwer
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1911. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30:71-82 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144782: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Palaeovespa scudderi Cockerell 1906 wasp | |
Necropsylla rigidula n. sp.
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Taracticus renovatus n. sp., Asilus amelanchieris n. sp.
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Eucallimyia fortis n. sp.
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Plecia melanderi n. sp.
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Leia miocenica n. sp.
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Angiospermae | |
Amelanchier peritula Cockerell 1908 shadbush |