PBDB Collection

Florissant, Station 13: Chadronian, Colorado
collected by W. P. Cockerell, T. D. A. Cockerell, S. A. Rohwer

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Diptera

	Anthomyia atavella sensu lato n. sp. Cockerell 1913	Cockerell 1913	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Brachycera
	UCM-8555 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

	Progloma rohweri n. gen., n. sp. James 1937
	S. A. Rohwer (2 measurements)

	Rhamphomyia sepulta n. sp. Cockerell 1916	Cockerell 1916	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

	Syrphus willistoni Cockerell 1909	Cockerell 1909	2 specimens
	in AMNH
Insecta - Diptera - Piophilidae

	Mycetaulus incretus n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26617 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Sciomyzidae

	Sciomyza florissantensis n. sp. Cockerell 1909	Cockerell 1909	1 specimen
	in AMNH (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Sepsidae

	Themira saxifica Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26616/1
Insecta - Diptera - Heleomyzidae

	Trichoscelis patefacta n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Trixoscelis patefacta
	AMNH 26618 (W.M. Wheeler) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae

	Mecistoneuron perpetuum n. gen., n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26613 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

	Alepidophora minor n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26498 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

	Xylomyia moratula n. sp. Cockerell 1914	Cockerell 1914	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

	Sciara dormitans n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26464:1 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

	Bibio wickhami Cockerell 1915	Melander 1949
	AMNH 26490/2 (10 specimens from four stations, undivided)

	Bibiodes intermedia n. sp. James 1937
	W. P. Cockerell (2 measurements)

	Plecia gradata n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26481 (W.M. Wheeler) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

	Helius faecarius (Scudder 1894)	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Dicranomyia faecarius
	AMNH 26459
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

	Tipula florissanta Scudder 1894	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26453

	Tipula maclurei Scudder 1894	Cockerell 1908
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

	Chironomus requiescens Melander 1949	Melander 1949	2 specimens
	AMNH 26464/1:1, 2 (G. Rohwer)

	Chironomus scudderiellus Cockerell 1916	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26472/1

	Chironomus pausatus n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	1 specimen
	AMNH 26473

	Chironomus primaevus n. sp. Melander 1949	Melander 1949	5 specimens
	AMNH 26469:1,2,3,4 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera

	Echinaphis rohweri n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1913	Cockerell 1913	1 specimen
	S.A. Rohwer (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae

	Aphidopsis lutaria Scudder 1890	Cockerell 1909	1 specimen
	synonym of Siphonophoroides antiqua
	S. A. Rohwer (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae

	Lithocicada perita n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1906	Cockerell 1906	1 specimen
	W. P. Cockerell 1906 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

	Palecphora praevalens Scudder 1890	Cockerell 1908	1 specimen
Insecta - Embioptera - Embiidae

	Embia florissantensis Cockerell 1908	Cockerell 1908	2 specimens
	recombined as Lithembia florissantensis
Insecta - Blattodea - Archotermopsidae

	Parotermes scudderi n. sp. Cockerell 1913	Cockerell 1913	1 specimen
	synonym of Zootermopsis coloradensis
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera

	Andrena grandipes n. sp. Cockerell 1911	Cockerell 1911	1 specimen
	UCM-8599; Cockerell , 1911 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

	Palaeovespa scudderi Cockerell 1906	Cockerell 1907	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

	Amblyteles pealei n. sp. Cockerell 1927	Cockerell 1927	1 specimen
	BMNH In.26939 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

	Megaxyela petrefacta Brues 1908	Cockerell 1909	1 specimen
	Coll. Duce in 1909
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae

	Dineura saxorum n. sp. Cockerell 1906	Cockerell 1906	1 specimen
	collected by W. M. Wheeler July, 1906 (2 measurements)

	Pseudosiobla megoura n. sp. Cockerell 1907	Cockerell 1907	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Palaeotaxonus trivittatus n. sp. Rohwer 1908	Rohwer 1908	1 specimen
	T.D.A. Cockerell, 1907 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Bruchus florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1912	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	recombined as Oligobruchus florissantensis
	S.A. Rohwer

	Diabrotica exesa n. sp. Wickham 1911	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	AMNH, Florissant 1906 no. 123 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae

	Docirhynchus culex Scudder 1893	Wickham 1911	2 specimens
	recombined as Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) culex
	No. 121, 261

	Magdalis striaticeps n. sp. Wickham 1911	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	recombined as Pseudomesauletes striaticeps
	UCM, Florissant 1906 no. 256(195) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

	Geralophus repositus Scudder 1893	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Entimini

	Geralophus lassatus Scudder 1893	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	no. 148

	Geralophus antiquarius Scudder 1893	Wickham 1911	3 specimens

	Cryptorhynchus kerri Scudder 1893	Wickham 1912	2 specimens

	Anthonomus rohweri n. sp. Wickham 1912	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

	Apion confectum Scudder 1893	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	recombined as Toxorhynchus confectum

	Apion refrenatum Scudder 1893	Wickham 1912	3 specimens
	recombined as Toxorhynchus refrenatum
Insecta - Coleoptera - Synchroidae

	Synchroa quiescens n. sp. Wickham 1911	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	UCM, Florissant 1906 no. 219(240), station R13 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

	Ologlyptus primus n. sp. Wickham 1910	Wickham 1910	1 specimen
	recombined as Pelecyphorus (Stenosides) primus
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

	Mordellistena florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1912	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	S.A. Rohwer
Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae

	Phloeonemites miocenus n. gen., n. sp. Wickham 1912	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	W.P. Cockerell
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

	Cardiophorus florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1916	Wickham 1916	3 specimens
	UCM (2 measurements)

	? Cardiophorus deprivatus n. sp. Wickham 1916	Wickham 1916	1 specimen
	UCM, Cockerell 99(127) (2 measurements)

	Corymbites primitivus n. sp. Wickham 1908	Wickham 1908	1 specimen
	recombined as Ctenicera primitiva
	YPM 2, coll. Geo.N. Rohwer (2 measurements)

	Corymbites propheticus Wickham 1916	Wickham 1916	1 specimen
	recombined as Ctenicera prophetica
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

	Podabrus wheeleri n. sp. Wickham 1909	Wickham 1909	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae

	Dryops eruptus n. sp. Wickham 1911	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	recombined as Helichus eruptus
	AMNH, Florissant 1906 no. 244 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

	Aphodius florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1911	Wickham 1911	1 specimen
	AMNH, Florissant 1906 no. 141 (1 measurement)

	Macrodactylus pluto n. sp. Wickham 1912	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
	Walter Reed, 1911

	Diplotaxis aurora Wickham 1913	Wickham 1912	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Amara danae Scudder 1900	Wickham 1912	1 specimen

	Pterostichus pumpellyi Scudder 1900	Wickham 1910	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Calosoma calvini Wickham 1909	Wickham 1909	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

	Megaraphidia elegans n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1907	Cockerell 1907	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

	Osmylidia requietus (Scudder 1890)	Cockerell 1908
	recombined as Osmylidia requieta
	not the type
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Colorado	County:	Teller
Coordinates:	38.9° North, 105.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	40.4° North, 97.0° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Priabonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:	Chadronian
Age range of interval:	37.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:

Florissant

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	diatomaceous,tuffaceous lithified "shale"
Lithology description: "shales"
Environment:	lacustrine - large

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,adpression
Size of fossils:	mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some genera
Collection methods:	survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	UCM
Collectors:	W. P. Cockerell, T. D. A. Cockerell, S. A. Rohwer

Metadata

Database number:	106379
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Alroy, A. Delelli, M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:	A. Delelli	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-03-13 20:47:28	Last modified:	2012-05-04 01:12:46
Access level:	database members	Released:	2013-03-13 20:47:28
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

5086.

ETE 798

M. T. James. 1937. A preliminary review of certain families of Diptera from the Florissant Miocene Beds. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):241-247 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

37032		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. A fossil Cicada from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:457-458 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
37033		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Saw-flies from Florissant Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:499-501 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
49151		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. Some fossil arthropods from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:605-616 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52840		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Fossil Cercopidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society 6:35-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5025	ETE 737	T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Fossil Osmylidae (Neuroptera) in America. The Canadian Entomologist 40(10):341-343 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Alroy]
45167		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part II. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 25:227-232 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37044		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:59-69 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]
40478		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. New fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2:251-256 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5034	ETE 746	T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
45170		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:9-12 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
4998	ETE 710	T. D. A. Cockerell. 1911. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30:71-82 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5037	ETE 749	T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. Some fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. The Canadian Entomologist 45:229-233 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
49123		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. The genera Parotermes and Hodotermes (Isoptera). Entomological News 24:6-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5000	ETE 712	T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. The First Fossil Anthomyid Fly from Florissant (Dipt.). Entomological News 24:295-296 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
45254		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1914. Three Diptera from the Miocene of Colorado. The Canadian Entomologist 46:101-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45257		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. Two Diptera of the genus Rhamphomyia from Colorado. The Canadian Entomologist 48:123-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50681		T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. Fossil insects in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 20:585-594 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5099	ETE 811	A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5121	ETE 833	S. A. Rohwer. 1908. On the Tenthredinoidea of the Florissant Shales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:521-530 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik]
41270		H. F. Wickham. 1908. New fossil Elateridae from Florissant. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 26:76-78 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41302		H. F. Wickham. 1909. New Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 28(4):126-130 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
5166	ETE 878	H. F. Wickham. 1910. New fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with notes on some already described. American Journal of Science, Series 4 29:47-51 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5167	ETE 879	H. F. Wickham. 1911. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with descriptions of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:53-69 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5168	ETE 880	H. F. Wickham. 1912. A report on some recent collections of fossil Coleoptera from the Miocene shales of Florissant. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(3):3-38 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
41345		H. F. Wickham. 1912. On some fossil rhynchophorous Coleoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31(4):41-55 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
5174	ETE 886	H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]