Where: Teller County, Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 97.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Florissant Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• most insects come from lower layers but Scudder makes special mention that this insect comes from uppermost layers
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous shale
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the MCZ
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/L. Edwards]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122163: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Aphidopsis emaciata n. sp." = Siphonophoroides simplex
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