Republic, UWBM locality B4876: Ypresian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Camponotites kraussei n. sp.
Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 1999
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Oecophylla kraussei | ||||||||||
UWBM 78047 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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: Specimens at Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington (UWBM) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Golden Promise Mine | ||
Database number: | 124086 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2012-02-06 14:50:27 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-06 14:50:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40968. | G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1999. Two new species of aculeate hymenopterans (Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontological Journal 33:546-549 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |