Florissant (Colorado Mus. Nat. History Collection): Chadronian, Colorado

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Heriades mersatus n. sp. Cockerell 1923
Cockerell 1923 1 specimen
DMNH-1975 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Palaeovespa relecta n. sp. Cockerell 1923
Cockerell 1923 1 specimen
DMNH-1971 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Protohellwigia obsoleta Brues 1910
Cockerell 1924 2 specimens
recombined as Hellwigia obsoleta
DMNH-1977, DMNH-EPI.1970
Exenterus dormitans n. sp. Cockerell 1924
Cockerell 1924 1 specimen
DMNH-1972 (formerly no. 170) (2 measurements)
Megatryphon mortiferus n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1924
Cockerell 1924 1 specimen
DMNH-1966(1974) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Megaxyela petrefacta Brues 1908
Cockerell 1922 1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Eriocampa disjecta n. sp. Cockerell 1922
Cockerell 1922 1 specimen
DMNH-1967 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae
Cimbex vetusculus n. sp. Cockerell 1922
Cockerell 1922 1 specimen
recombined as Floricimbex vetusculus
DMNH-163 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Lepidoptera
Phylledestes vorax Cockerell 1907
Cockerell 1922 1 specimen
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Coloburiscidae
Siphlurites explanatus n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1923
Cockerell 1923 1 specimen
DMNH-1978
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 methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:DMNH
Collection method comments: Repository: Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver (now Denver Museum of Nature & Science)
Metadata
Database number:124527
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, A. Delelli
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-17 15:56:43 Last modified:2014-08-09 12:02:52
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-17 15:56:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4968.ETE 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]

Secondary references:

5047ETE 759T. D. A. Cockerell. 1922. The fossil sawflies of Florissant, Colorado. The Entomologist 55:49-50 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
49124 T. D. A. Cockerell. 1923. Two fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant (Vespidae, Megachilidae). Entomological News 34:270-271 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5008ETE 720T. D. A. Cockerell. 1923. A new genus of mayflies from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Psyche 29:170-172 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5048ETE 760T. D. A. Cockerell. 1924. Fossil ichneumons believed to have been parasitic on sawflies. The Entomologist 57:9-10 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5180ETE 892F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning. 1976. A monograph on fossil bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 27(3):149-268 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]