Florissant (Rohwer Collection) (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 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

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Insecta
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Leia miocenica n. sp.
Leia miocenica n. sp. Cockerell 1911 fungus gnat
UCM-4440
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia melanderi n. sp.
Plecia melanderi n. sp. Cockerell 1911 love bug
AMNH-FI-18865
 Diptera - Asilidae
Asilus amelanchieris n. sp., Taracticus renovatus n. sp.
Asilus amelanchieris n. sp. Cockerell 1911 robber fly
UCM-4492
Taracticus renovatus n. sp. Cockerell 1911 robber fly
UCM-34241
 Diptera - Platypezidae
Eucallimyia fortis n. sp.
Eucallimyia fortis n. sp. Cockerell 1911 flat-footed fly
UCM-4507
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Palaeovespa scudderi
Palaeovespa scudderi Cockerell 1906 wasp
 Hemiptera - Aphalaridae
Necropsylla rigidula n. sp.
Necropsylla rigidula n. sp. Cockerell 1911 jumping plant louse
UCM-4506
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Amelanchier peritula
Amelanchier peritula Cockerell 1908 shadbush