Florissant, Station 11: 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 - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Mesostenus modestus n. sp. Brues 1906
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae
Agenia cockerellae n. sp. Rohwer 1909
Rohwer 1909 1 specimen
UCM 8598 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Geralophus repositus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1911 1 specimen
no. 247
Geralophus lassatus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1911 1 specimen
no. 224
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Meracantha lacustris n. sp. Wickham 1909
Wickham 1909 1 specimen
YPM 222 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius laminicola Wickham 1910
Wickham 1911 1 specimen
Florissant 1906 no. 39; Station 11 or 12
Insecta - Diptera - Sepsidae
Themira saxifica n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
AMNH 26616 (S.A. Rohwer) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Amphicosmus delicatulus n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
AMNH 26600 (S.A. Rohwer) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio explanatus n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
AMNH 26485 (1 measurement)
Bibio wickhami Cockerell 1915
Melander 1949
AMNH 26490/1 (10 specimens from four stations, undivided)
Bibio cockerelli James 1937
Melander 1949 3 specimens
AMNH 26484/1
Bibio vulcanius Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
AMNH 26489
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula florissanta Scudder 1894
Melander 1949 2 specimens
AMNH 26453/2 (coll Wheeler)
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 - 33.9 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:W. P. Cockerell, T. D. A. Cockerell, S. A. Rohwer
Metadata
Database number:122975
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, A. Delelli
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-08 10:20:49 Last modified:2014-08-09 12:00:24
Access level:the public Released:2014-01-08 10:20:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4967.ETE 679C. T. Brues. 1906. Fossil Parasitic and Phytophagous Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:491-498 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

5099ETE 811A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5123ETE 835S. A. Rohwer. 1909. The Fossil Ceropalidae of Florissant, Colorado. Psyche 16:23-28 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/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]
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]