Douglas Pass (FOBU collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Garfield County, Colorado (39.6° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 93.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parachute Creek Member (Green River Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; gray shale

• "Lake Uinta"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Fossil Butte National Monument (FOBU)

Primary reference: A. Nel, R. Garrouste, and M. S. Engel. 2023. The earliest Pupipara (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea): A new genus and species from the lower Eocene of the Green River Formation. Palaeoentomology 6:58-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229440: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.03.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Hippoboscidae
Eornithoica grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.
Eornithoica grimaldii n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2023 louse fly
FOBU17740
 Odonata - Megapodagrionidae
Viridiflumineagrion aasei n. gen. n. sp.
Viridiflumineagrion aasei n. gen. n. sp. Nel 2022 flatwing
FOBU17739