Florissant, Station 17: Chadronian, Colorado
collected by T. D. A. Cockerell, M. T. James

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Tipula (Dicranomyia) rohweri n. sp. Brown 1985
Brown 1985 1 specimen
recombined as Dicranomyia rohweri
UCM 30017 (2 measurements)
Gnophomyia (Idiognophomyia) seiverti n. sp. Brown 1985
Brown 1985 1 specimen
recombined as Idiognophomyia seiverti
UCM 30066 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae
Phora cockerelli n. sp. Brues 1908
Brues 1908 1 specimen
recombined as Spiniphora cockerelli
female (1 measurement)
Paraspiniphora laminarum (Brues 1908)
Cockerell 1913 3 specimens
recombined as Chaetopleurophora laminarum
USNM 59923 (2 by W.P. Cockerell, 1 by S.A. Rohwer)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibiodes intermedia James 1937
M. T. James
Bibio cockerelli n. sp. James 1937
T. D. A. Cockerell (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Argiolestidae
Lithagrion hyalinum Scudder 1890
Cockerell 1908 1 specimen
YPM-26171 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Palecphora communis Scudder 1890
Cockerell 1908 1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Bracon cockerelli Brues 1910
Brues 1910
Specimens placed in station 14, but come from both
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus cataclysmi n. sp. Brues 1910
Brues 1910 1 specimen
A67
Protohellwigia obsoleta n. sp. Brues 1910
Brues 1910 1 specimen
recombined as Hellwigia obsoleta
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pamphiliidae
Neurotoma cockerelli n. sp. Rohwer 1908
Rohwer 1908 1 specimen
recombined as Atocus cockerelli
T.D.A. Cockerell, 1907 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae
Phryganea labefacta Scudder 1890
Cockerell 1913 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae
Dascyllus lithographicus n. sp. Wickham 1911
Wickham 1911 1 specimen
UCM (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Acmaeodera abyssa n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Ptosima abyssa
Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae
Amartus petrefactus Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
W.P. Cockerell
Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae
Trichochrous miocenus n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Eutrichopleurus miocenus
W.P. Cockerell
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion confectum Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Toxorhynchus confectum
Toxorhynchus minusculus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 10 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Balaninus extinctus n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Curculio extinctus
Balaninus minusculus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Curculio minusculus
Geralophus fossicius Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Geralophus retritus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Geralophus lassatus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Cryptorhynchus kerri Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Baris schucherti n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Geraeus schucherti
Dorytomus vulvanicus n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Geraeus vulcanicus
Baris matura Scudder 1893
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Geraeus matura
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Scaptolenopsis wilmattae n. gen., n. sp. Wickham 1914
Wickham 1914 1 specimen
UCM (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Bruchus bowditchi n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
S.A. Rohwer
Bruchus osborni n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
W.P. Cockerell
Bruchus haywardi Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 2 specimens
recombined as Oligobruchus haywardi
W.P. Cockerell
Crioceridea dubia n. gen., n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Geo. N. Rohwer
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Platydema antiquorum n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Diplotaxis cf. aurora Wickham 1913
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Geo. N. Rohwer
Aphodius shoshonis n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
Aphodius aboriginalis n. sp. Wickham 1912
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
W.P. Cockerell
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Quedius chamberlini Scudder 1890
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
S.A. Rohwer
Boletobius funditus Scudder 1900
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
recombined as Lordithon funditus
W.P. Cockerell
Tachinus sommatus Scudder 1900
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
W.P. Cockerell
Tachyporus nigripennis Scudder 1900
Wickham 1912 1 specimen
replaced by Tachyporus annosus
W.P. Cockerell
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 Tectonic setting:volcanic basin
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:T. D. A. Cockerell, M. T. James
Metadata
Database number:106382
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Karr, A. Delelli, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-03-13 20:48:13 Last modified:2016-12-26 16:47:40
Access level:database members Released:2013-03-13 20:48:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5086.ETE 798M. 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:

45156 F. M. Brown. 1985. Four undescribed Oligocene craneflies from Florissant, Colorado, (Diptera: Tipulidae). Insecta Mundi 1:98-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
4966ETE 678C. T. Brues. 1908. Two Fossil Phoridae from the Miocene Shales of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:273-275 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Karr]
4968ETE 680C. T. Brues. 1910. The parasitic Hymenoptera of the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 44(1):3-125 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
46987 T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part IV. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 26(151):69-75 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/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]
5036ETE 748T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. The Genus Phryganea (Trichoptera) in the Florissant Shales. Psyche 20(2):95-96 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5039ETE 751T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. Two new fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado with a discussion of the venation of the aeshnine dragonflies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45:577-583 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5121ETE 833S. 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]
5167ETE 879H. 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]
5168ETE 880H. 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]
5173ETE 885H. F. Wickham. 1914. Twenty new Coleoptera from the Florissant Shales. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40:257-270 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]