Where: Park County, Colorado (39.1° N, 105.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 98.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Antero Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• Formation around 300 ka younger than Florissant.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by C. Durden; reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: C. J. Durden. 1966. Oligocene lake deposits in central Colorado and a new fossil insect locality. Journal of Paleontology 40:215-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 149289: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 31.07.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Araneae indet. Clerck 1757 spider | |
Insecta | |
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 winged insect | |
Symphyta indet. Gerstaecker 1867 winged insect
Apoidea indet. Latreille 1802 apoid wasp | |
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant | |
? Chalcididae indet. Leach 1815 chalcid wasp | |
Ichneumonidae indet. Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp | |
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle | |
Tribochrysa firmata Scudder 1890 green lacewing | |
? Mecoptera indet. Packard 1886 scorpionfly | |
Heteroptera indet. Latreille 1810 true bug | |
Corixa cf. vanduzeei Scudder 1890 water boatman | |
Homoptera indet. Leach 1815 true bug | |
"Psocoptera indet." = Psocodea, Ephemerida indet.
"Psocoptera indet." = Psocodea Hennig 1966 booklice
Ephemerida indet. mayfly | |
Diptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 fly | |
Tipulidae indet. Latreille 1802 crane fly | |
Syrphidae indet. Latreille 1802 hover fly |