Republic (Stonerose Interpretive Center collection): Ypresian, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Tenthredinidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 3 specimens
original and current combination Tenthredines
SRUI 99-90-50, SR 05-03-02, SR 99-90-80.2
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae
Cimbicidae indet. Kirby 1837
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 92-18-08
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Aculeata indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 2 specimens
original and current combination Aculeati
SR 08-33-04, SRUI 09-95-31.1
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 26 specimens
original and current combination Formicariae
Myrmeciinae indet. Smith 1851
Archibald et al. 2018 2 specimens
SR 07-03-09, 07-05-06A
Myrmeciites sp. Archibald et al. 2006
1 specimen
SR05-03-01 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Vespidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 5 specimens
SR 05-03-03, 06-21-03, 02-01-12, 99-07-20, 06-01-01
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae
Pompilidae indet. Latreille 1804
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 14-001-002
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Scoliidae
Archaeoscoliinae indet. Rasnitsyn 1993
Archibald et al. 2018 2 specimens
SR 09-13-01, 96-04-03
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Apoidea indet. Latreille 1802
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 09-11-06
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Sphecidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
original and current combination Sphegimae
SR 14-001-001
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Anthophila indet. Latreille 1804
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 06-22-01
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae
? Halictidae indet. Thomson 1869
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 04-08-06
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Proctotrupidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SRUI 09-99-91
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Roproniidae
Roproniidae indet. Viereck 1916
Archibald et al. 2018 1 specimen
SR 04-08-05
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Diapriidae
Diapriidae indet. (Haliday 1833)
Archibald et al. 2018 2 specimens
corrected as Diapriinae
SRUI 99-75-03, 99-97-09
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Braconidae indet. Nees ab Esenbeck 1811
Archibald et al. 2018 2 specimens
SR 06-59-03, 11-31-01
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Archibald et al. 2018 9 specimens
original and current combination Ichneumonides
SRUI 99-85-75, 01-08-18, 05-11-18, 06-01-29, 06-08-06, 06-62-08, 09-18-03, 09-18-05, 87-81-10
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Pachymerina indet. Bridwell 1929
Archibald et al. 2014 3 specimens
SR 99-94-80, SR 05-03-10, SRUI 99-78-71
Angiospermae - Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838
Pigg et al. 2001
fruits
Trochodendron nastae n. sp. Pigg et al. 2001
Pigg et al. 2001
leaves
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Denk and Dillhoff 2005
Fruits
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.4° North, 101.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian
Age range of interval: 56 - 47.8 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 49.43 ± 0.54 Ma (Ar/Ar)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Klondike Mountain Member:Tom Thumb
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "late Ypresian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,brown lithified mudstone
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Basin developed in Republic graben
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center
Metadata
Database number:119947
Authorizer:M. Clapham, K. Volkman Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham, K. Volkman
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-11-05 17:12:10 Last modified:2014-06-03 13:16:19
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-05 17:12:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
38422. S. B. Archibald, S. P. Cover, and C. S. Moreau. 2006. Bulldog Ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and History of the Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(3):487-523 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

51439 S. B. Archibald, G. E. Morse, D. R. Greenwood and R. W. Mathewes. 2014. Fossil palm beetles refine upland winter temperatures in the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:8095-8100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65004 S. B. Archibald, A. P. Rasnitsyn, D. J. Brothers and R. W. Mathewes. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150:250-257 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
82997 T. Denk and R. Dillhoff. 2005. Ulmus leaves and fruits from the Early-Middle Eocene of northwestern North America: systematics and implications for character evolution within Ulmaceae. Canadian Journal of Botany 83(12):1663-1681 [K. Volkman/K. Volkman]
83596 K. Pigg, W. Wehr, and S. Ickert-Bond. 2001. Trochodendron and Nordenskioldia (Trochodendraceae) from the Middle Eocene of Washington State, U.S.A. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(5):1187-1198 [K. Volkman/K. Volkman]