Florissant Formation
1,604 distinct taxa, from 2,367 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 38–27 Mya.
Colorado · US
1,604 taxa · 2,367 fossils · 38–27 MyaMembers recorded: Middle Shale.
Macrostrat dates this rock 35 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Siphonophoroides antiqua
- Rhus
- Aphaenogaster mayri
- Entimini
- Geralophus lassatus
- Liometopum miocenicum
- Miomyrmex impactus
- Protazteca elongata
- Cedrelospermum
- Chamaecyparis
- Cleonini
- Cyttaromyia princetoniana
- Lasius peritulus
- Protazteca capitata
- Protazteca quadrata
- Carya
- Cercocarpus
- Curculio minusculus
- Dolichoderus antiquus
- Formica robusta
- Geralophus antiquarius
- Geralophus fossicius
- Lygaeidae
- Siphonophoroides pennatus
- Bibio wickhami
- Crataegus
- Iridomyrmex
- Koelreuteria
- Liometopum scudderi
- Messor draxil
- Quercus
- Tipula florissanta
- Bibio cockerelli
- Cryptorhynchus kerri
- Dolichoderus rohweri
- Elaeomyrmex coloradensis
- Elaeomyrmex gracilis
- Glossina oligocenus
- Salix
- Syrphus willistoni
The 40 most often recorded, of 1,604.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.