Where: Teller County, Colorado (38.6° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 96.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Florissant Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (FLFO)
Primary reference: V. N. Makarkin, G. S. Antell, and S. B. Archibald. 2022. A revision of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado, with description of new species. Zootaxa 5133:301-345 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227993: authorized by Karl Volkman, entered by Karl Volkman on 14.11.2022, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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