Florissant (Lacoe 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

Collection methods: Repository: collection of R.D. Lacoe

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"Hylobius lacoei n. sp." = Archaeoheilus lacoei, Geralophus repositus, Tenillus firmus n. gen. n. sp., Geralophus antiquarius, Geralophus fossicius, Geralophus lassatus, "Balaninus femoratus" = Curculio femoratus, Cleonus foersteri n. sp.
"Hylobius lacoei n. sp." = Archaeoheilus lacoei Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3013
Geralophus repositus Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3020
Tenillus firmus n. gen. n. sp. Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3023
Geralophus antiquarius Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3010, 3018, 3019, 3025
Geralophus fossicius Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3017
Geralophus lassatus Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3015, 3021
"Balaninus femoratus" = Curculio femoratus Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3022(3024)
Cleonus foersteri n. sp. Scudder 1893 snout beetle
Lacoe 3011