Kishenehn (Constenius collection): Lutetian, Montana
collected by N. Constenius, L. Constenius
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
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Scelioninae indet.
Thomson 1858
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM 595145 | ||||||||||
Telenominae indet.
Thomson 1860
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM 595144 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Platygastridae
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Fidiobia sp.
Ashmead 1894
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Talamas and Buffington 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM 595143 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Limoniidae
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Helius constenius n. sp.
Krzemiński 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
CM 34935 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Culicidae
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Culiseta sp.
Felt 1904
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Greenwalt et al. 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
USNM 559060, 559051 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 113.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.9° North, 100.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kishenehn | Member: | Coal Creek | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 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 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified carbonaceous "shale" | ||
Lithology description: Paper/oil shale | |||
Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | CM,USNM |
Collectors: | N. Constenius, L. Constenius |
Metadata
Database number: | 151911 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2013-10-16 03:40:52 | Last modified: | 2024-01-24 20:24:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-10-16 03:40:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
50882. | W. Krzemiński. 1991. A first fossil Helius (Diptera, Limoniidae) from North America. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34:311-313 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
48539 | D. E. Greenwalt, Y. S. Goreva, S. M. Siljeström, T. Rose, and R. E. Harbach. 2013. Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
57511 | E. J. Talamas and M. L. Buffington. 2015. Fossil Platygastroidea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 47:1-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |