Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fossil Butte Member (Green River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• Found c. 2 m below the Kspar Tuff dated at 51.98 Ma), Fossil Butte Member, 'Phareodus Layers', Green River Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Fossil Butte National Monument (FOBU)
Primary reference: G. Bechly, R. Garrouste, J. A. Karr, L. Grande, and A. Nel. 2020. The damselfly palaeofauna from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, USA (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1373-1402 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221176: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Labandeiraia riveri n. sp.
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