Where: Colorado (39.5° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 95.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; diatomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.P. Byram in 1922; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(19):1-13 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140188: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Eoliarus quadristictus n. gen. n. sp.
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