Where: Wyoming (41.6° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 95.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Laney Member (Green River Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; diatomite and shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Scudder, Bowditch; reposited in the MCZ
• "The insects were obtained in the first instance by Dr. Hayden, who brought home a few specimens only; next, Mr. F.C.A. Richardson placed in my hands a considerable collection;* and last summer my untiring friend Mr. P.C. Bowditch and myself spent several days working the shales." Scudder, 1878, This collection consists only of those collected by Scudder
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121322: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Epeira sp." = Araneus2
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Insecta | |
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? Sciomyza disjecta n. sp., ? Sciomyza manca n. sp.
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Stenocinclis anomala n. gen. n. sp.
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Podagrion abortivum n. sp.
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Bracon laminarum n. sp.
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Decatoma antiqua n. sp.
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"Cychrus testeus n. sp." = Neothanes testeus, Platynus senex n. sp.
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"Mycotretus binotata n. sp." = Tritoma binotata
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Eugnamptus decemsatus n. sp.
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"? Cratoparis elusus n. sp." = Euparius elusus, "Cratoparis repertus n. sp." = Euparius repertus
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"Hylobius provectus" = Archaeoheilus provectus, Gymnetron lecontei n. sp., Ophryastes compactus n. sp., "Otiorhynchus ? perditus" = Pseudophaops perditus, Epicaerus exanimis, Epicaerus saxatilis, Epicaerus effossus, "Eudiagogus terrosus n. sp." = Epicaerus terrosus, Dryocoetes carbonarius n. sp., "Dryocoetes impressus" = Trypodendron impressus
"Otiorhynchus ? perditus" = Pseudophaops perditus Scudder 1876 snout beetle
Epicaerus saxatilis Scudder 1876 snout beetle 27 specimens mention in Scudder, 1978; already 4 in Richardson collection
Epicaerus effossus Scudder 1876 snout beetle Scudder, 1878 mentions nearly 50 specimens of this species;
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Cryptocephalus vetustus n. sp.
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Tropisternus saxialis n. sp., Tropisternus sculptilis n. sp., Berosus sexstriatus n. sp., Berosus tenuis n. sp., Hydrobius decineratus n. sp., Philhydrus sp.
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Lathrobium abscessum Scudder 1876 rove beetle | |
Lithopsis fimbriata n. gen. n. sp.
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? Lystra richardsoni n. sp., "Aphana rotundipennis n. sp." = Aphaena rotundipennis
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"? Rhyparochromus terreus n. sp." = Lyctocoris terreus
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"? Reduvius guttatus" = Corizus guttatus
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"Locustariae indet." = Tettigoniidea
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"Nemobius tertiarius n. sp." = Pronemobius tertiarius
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