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

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Mildred Smith in 1923; reposited in the UCM

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Descriptions and records of bees. CVI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 16:416-423 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164173: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.11.2014

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