Near Rifle, locality 41086 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.5° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 94.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone

• Laramide-style block faulting

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by D. Kohls; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. V. Gorochov and C. C. Labandeira. 2012. Eocene Orthoptera from Green River Formation of Wyoming (USA). Russian Entomological Journal 21:357-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159278: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Gryllidae
? Eneopterinae indet.
? Eneopterinae indet. Saussure 1874 bush cricket
USNM Kohls 85583
 Orthoptera - Mogoplistidae
Pteromogoplistes ? smithii
Pteromogoplistes ? smithii Scudder 1890 scaly cricket
USNM Kohls 85505
 Orthoptera - Eumastacidae
Eoerianthus eocaenicus
Eoerianthus eocaenicus Gorochov 2012 monkey grasshopper
USNM Kohls 85516/85593