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Constenius Park , Flathead County, Montana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)48.392,-113.701
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationMontana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Flathead County, Montana, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Constenius Park (Kishenehn)Harbach R. E., Greenwalt D. (2012)Kishenehn - Coal CreekMiddle sequence of the Coal Creek member of the Kishenehn Formation, which has been estimated to be 46.2 +/- 0.4 myo (Lutetian) by 40Ar/39Ar analysis and 43.5 +/- 4.9 myo by fission-track analysis"shale"47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Park site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)Greenwalt D. E., Bickel D. J., et al (2019)Kishenehn - Coal CreekMiddle sequence of the Coal Creek member of the Kishenehn Formation, which has been estimated to be 46.2 +/- 0.4 myo (Lutetian) by 40Ar/39Ar analysis and 43.5 +/- 4.9 myo by fission-track analysis"shale"47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ptenidium kishenehnicum
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ptiliidae : Ptenidium : Ptenidium kishenehnicum47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Eoanomala melas
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bombyliidae : Eoanomala : Eoanomala melas47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Culiseta kishenehn
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Culicidae : Culiseta : Culiseta kishenehn47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cyttaromyia lynnae
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Cylindrotomidae : Cyttaromyia : Cyttaromyia lynnae47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) kishenehn
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Ellipteroides : Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) kishenehn47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Aphalaridae : Eogyropsylla : Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

References

Harbach R. E., Greenwalt D. (2012) Two Eocene species of Culiseta (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Kishenehn Formation in Montana, Zootaxa 3530, 25-34
Shockley F. W., Greenwalt D. (2013) Ptenidium kishenehnicum (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), a New Fossil Described from the Kishenehn Oil Shales, with a Checklist of Previously Known Fossil Ptiliids, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115 2, 173-181
Ouvrard D., Burckhardt D., et al (2013) The oldest jumping plant-louse (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) with comments on the classification and nomenclature of the Palaeogene Psylloidea, Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 98 2, 21-33
Greenwalt D. E., Wingerath J. G., et al (2015) Two new and disparate fossil bee flies (Bombyliidae: Anthracinae) from the Americas and reassessment of Anthrax dentoni Lewis, 1969, Palaeontologia Electronica 18(3.51A), 1-10
Greenwalt D. E., Bickel D. J., et al (2019) Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level, Palaeontologia Electronica 22 2.50A, 1-56
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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