Green River (Lee Collection): Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by L. A. Lee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Laemophloeidae
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Parandrita vestita
Scudder 1890
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Lee 83, 85, 95 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Nemonychidae
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Eugnamptus grandaevus
(Scudder 1876)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Eocaenonemonychini | ||||||||||
| Lee 101 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Anthonomus soporus n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 48 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Epicaerus saxatilis
(Scudder 1876)
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Scudder 1893 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Lee 30 | ||||||||||
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Scythropus subterraneus
Scudder 1893
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Scudder 1893 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Epicaerus subterraneus | ||||||||||
| Lee 41 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Anthribidae
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Choragus fictilis n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 106 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Tropideres remotus n. sp.
Scudder 1893
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Scudder 1893 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Lee 27 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Neothanes testeus
(Scudder 1878)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 24 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Tenthredinidae
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Taxonus nortoni n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 22(140) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Ichneumonidae
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Eclytus lutatus n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 36 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Glypta transversalis n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 76 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Fulgoridae
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? Lystra richardsoni
Scudder 1878
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Lee 40, 41, 109 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Nogodinidae
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Ficarasites stigmaticum n. gen., n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 144 | ||||||||||
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Lithopsis elongata n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 90 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Aphididae
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Lithaphis ? diruta
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Siphonophoroides antiqua | ||||||||||
| Lee 82 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cercopidae
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Palecphora patefacta n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 1(143) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cicadellidae
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Tettigonia priscomarginata n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 34(35) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Thamnotettix mutilata n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 73 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cydnidae
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Necrocydnus gosiutensis n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 13 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Eumastacidae
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Tyrbula multispinosa
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Eoerianthus multispinosus | ||||||||||
| Lee 51 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Sciophila hyattii n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| corrected as Sciophila hyatti | ||||||||||
| Lee 99 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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? Anaclinia sp.
Winnertz 1863
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Neuratelia | ||||||||||
| Lee 66 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Boletina umbratica n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 37 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Sciomyzidae
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? Sciomyza disjecta
Scudder 1878
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| found in considerable numbers | ||||||||||
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? Sciomyza manca
Scudder 1878
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| most abundant Diptera | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Syrphidae
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Syrphidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Syrphiae | ||||||||||
| Lee 98 | ||||||||||
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Psilota tabidosa n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 59 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Platypezidae
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Callomyia torporata n. sp.
Scudder 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 71 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Asilidae
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Stenocinclis sp.
Scudder 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lee 45 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 109.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.5° North, 95.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Green River |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | diatomite | ||
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | L. A. Lee |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122092 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-12-16 15:30:09 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 21:07:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-16 15:30:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5136. | ETE 848 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 5137 | ETE 849 | S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |