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Maroon, Colorado, USA

FormationMaroon
Member(s)Chubb Siltstone
Pony Springs Siltstone
Age:299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalAsselian
Tectonic SettingIntermontane basin
Lithologysiliciclastic
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences24

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Trout Creek Pass 1Chaffee County, Colorado, USAMaroon - Chubb Siltstone
FairplayPark County, Colorado, USAMaroon

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Maroon - Chubb Siltstone359 - 252 Ma
Paleozoic
siltstone1
Maroon - Pony Springs Siltstone359 - 252 Ma
Paleozoic
siltstone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Calamites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Calamites358.9 - 252.17 Ma
Paleozoic
Archimylacridae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Distatoblatta persistens
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Distatoblatta : Distatoblatta persistens298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Etoblattina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Hemimylacridae : Etoblattina298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Neorthroblattina albolineata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Neorthroblattinidae : Neorthroblattina : Neorthroblattina albolineata298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Epheboblatta attenuata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina : Epheboblatta attenuata298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Nearoblatta rotundata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina : Nearoblatta rotundata298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Poroblattina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Poroblattina arcuata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina : Poroblattina arcuata298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Poroblattina lakesii
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina : Poroblattina lakesii298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Poroblattina parvula
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Poroblattinidae : Poroblattina : Poroblattina parvula298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Dicladoblatta marginata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Spiloblattinidae : Dicladoblatta : Dicladoblatta marginata298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Spiloblattina weissigensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Spiloblattinidae : Spiloblattina : Spiloblattina weissigensis298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Spiloblattinidae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Spiloblattinidae298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Spiloblattinidae gardinerana
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Spiloblattinidae : Spiloblattinidae : Spiloblattinidae gardinerana298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Cercopyllis adolescens
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Cercopyllis : Cercopyllis adolescens298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Cercopyllis delicatula
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Cercopyllis : Cercopyllis delicatula298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Cercopyllis justiciae
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Cercopyllis : Cercopyllis justiciae298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Phyloblatta meieri
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Phyloblattidae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta meieri298.9 - 295.5 Ma
Paleozoic
Walchia sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Lycopodiaceae : Walchia358.9 - 252.17 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Scudder S. H. New genera and species of fossil cockroaches, from the older American rocks, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37, 34-39
Scudder S. H. Notes on Mesozoic Cockroaches, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37, 105-115
Scudder S. H. The insects of the Triassic beds at Fairplay, Colorado, Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4, 457-472
Handlirsch A. (1906) Revision of American Paleozoic insects, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29 1441, 661-820
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Arnold C. A. (1941) Some Paleozoic plants from Central Colorado and their stratigraphic significance, Contrib. Mus. Paleontol. University of Michigan 6, 59-70
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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