Kishenehn (Greenwalt collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (48.4° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 100.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coal Creek Member (Kishenehn Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• 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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous shale

• Paper/oil shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: V. A. Baranov, J. T. Haug, D. E. Greenwalt and R. Harbach. 2021. Diversity of culicomorphan dipterans in the Eocene Kishenehn Konservat-Lagerstätte (Montana, USA) and its palaeoecological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 25(1:a4):1-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224195: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Neuroptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 lacewing
USNM PAL 621094
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Pseudoameropterus ambiguus n. gen. n. sp. Jepson and Makarkin 2023 antlion
USNM PAL 626076
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Minimochrysa latialata n. gen. n. sp. Jepson and Makarkin 2023 green lacewing
USNM PAL 622725
Palaeochrysa greenwalti n. sp. Jepson and Makarkin 2023 green lacewing
USNM PAL 622159
Palaeochrysa minor n. sp. Jepson and Makarkin 2023 green lacewing
USNM PAL 722497
 Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Hemerobiidae "Megalomus-group indet." Latreille 1802 brown lacewing
USNM PAL 624842
 Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Macrostigmoraphia diluta n. gen. n. sp.
Macrostigmoraphia diluta n. gen. n. sp. Jepson and Makarkin 2023 snakefly
USNM PAL 620478
 Diptera - Chironomidae
cf. Conchapelopia sp. Fittkau 1957 non biting midge
cf. Psectrotanypus sp. Kieffer 1909 non biting midge
USNM 624474.1, 624474.2
cf. Tanytarsus sp. van der Wulp 1874 non biting midge
USNM 722523
Rheotanytarsus lacustris n. sp. Baranov and Haug 2021 non biting midge
USNM 717577, 623669, 624824, 722460, 722479, 76 pupae
Hintelmanniella noncatafractata n. gen. n. sp. Baranov and Haug 2021 non biting midge
USNM 717431; 620245, 624415, 624418, 624644, 624665, 624863, 717428, 722379
 Diptera - Culicidae
Culex (Neoculex) sp. Dyar 1905 mosquito
USNM 623914
 Diptera - Chaoboridae
Chaoborus kishenehnicus n. sp. Baranov and Haug 2021 phantom midge
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
cf. Alluaudomyia sp. Kieffer 1913 biting midge
Listed as cf. Stilobezzia sp. in appendix 1