Also known as University of California Locality 3733

Where: Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 97.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Florissant Formation, Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)

• From MacGinitie: Fossils are found in unit 3, about 50 feet of lake shales and associated volcanic sediments. The best and most abundant plant and insect fossils are found in this member, in paper shales at or near its base.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained, gypsiferous, tuffaceous shale and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk,

• Out of the 658 specimens listed, 19 are described as 'uncertain affinity'. They are not reported in the occurrence list.

Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1953. Fossil Plants of the Florissant Beds of Colorado. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Contributions to Paleontology Publ. 599:1-198 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39851: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 09.06.2004

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