Florissant (FLFO collection) (Eocene of the United States)

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)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Lithochrysa meyeri n. sp. Makarkin et al. 2022 green lacewing
FLFO 11717
Lithochrysa ferruginea Cockerell 1909 green lacewing
FLFO 9745
Cimbrochrysa major n. sp. Makarkin et al. 2022 green lacewing
FLFO 9819, 4194