Where: Nevada (38.6° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 114.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
• Late Barstovian, ca. 14-14.5 Ma
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, gray mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Harvey I. Scudder in 1970-1980; reposited in the CAS
• Collected in 1970s and 1980s
Primary reference: O. E. Heie. 2006. Fossil aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) from Canadian Cretaceous amber and from the Miocene of Nevada. Insect Systematics & Evolution 37:91-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123213: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.01.2012
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