Wilson's Ranch, Florissant (Cockerell coll): Late Eocene, Colorado
collected by W.P. Cockerell 1912

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cephidae
Janus disperditus n. sp. Cockerell 1913
1 specimen
UCM coll (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Libellulapis wilmattae n. sp. Cockerell 1913
1 specimen
USNM 58688 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Colorado
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 105.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 96.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 34 Ma (K-Ar)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Florissant
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:volcanic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCM,USNM
Collectors:W.P. Cockerell Collection dates:1912
Metadata
Database number:140149
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-03-03 14:31:40 Last modified:2014-08-09 12:07:46
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-03 14:31:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5038.ETE 750T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. Some fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44:341-346 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]