Kishenehn (Constenius collection): Lutetian, Montana
collected by N. Constenius, L. Constenius
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Limoniidae
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Helius constenius n. sp.
Krzemiński 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CM 34935 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Culicidae
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Culiseta sp.
Felt 1904
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Greenwalt et al. 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| USNM 559060, 559051 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Platygastridae
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Fidiobia sp.
Ashmead 1894
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 595143 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
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Scelioninae indet.
Thomson 1858
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 595145 | ||||||||||
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Telenominae indet.
Thomson 1860
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 595144 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 113.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.9° North, 100.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kishenehn | Member: | Coal Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle sequence of the Coal Creek member of the Kishenehn Formation, which has been estimated to be 46.2 +/- 0.4 myo (Lutetian) by 40Ar/39Ar analysis and 43.5 +/- 4.9 myo by fission-track analysis | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified carbonaceous "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: Paper/oil shale | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CM,USNM |
| Collectors: | N. Constenius, L. Constenius |
Metadata
| Database number: | 151911 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-10-16 03:40:52 | Last modified: | 2024-01-24 20:24:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-10-16 03:40:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50882. | W. Krzemiński. 1991. A first fossil Helius (Diptera, Limoniidae) from North America. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34:311-313 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 48539 | D. E. Greenwalt, Y. S. Goreva, S. M. Siljeström, T. Rose, and R. E. Harbach. 2013. Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 57511 | E. J. Talamas and M. L. Buffington. 2015. Fossil Platygastroidea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 47:1-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |