Where: Utah (40.0° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parachute Creek Member (Green River Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), University of Kansas Natural History Museum

Primary reference: M. Dehon, D. Michez, A. Nel, M. S. Engel, and T. De Meulemeester. 2014. Wing shape of four new bee fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) provides insights to bee evolution. PLoS One 9(10):e108865 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163577: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.11.2014

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