Anvil Points, Kohls locality 2002025 (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 UCM

Primary reference: P. Vršanský, L. Šmídová, D. Valaška, P. Barna, L. Vidlička, P. Takáč, L. Pavlik, T. Kúdelová, T. S. Karim, D. Zelagin, and D. Smith. 2016. Origin of origami cockroach reveals long-lasting (11 Ma) phenotype instability following viviparity. The Science of Nature 103(78):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181561: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Blaberidae
Diploptera gemini n. sp. Barna 2016 giant cockroach
UCM 67624
 Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Osmylidia taliae n. sp.1 Makarkin et al. 2021 lance lacewing
UCM 67996
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Eospinosus greenriverensis n. sp.2 Wedmann et al. 2021 stink bug
UCM 79057