Green River Fossil Insects Collection

Diptera; Coleoptera; Hymenoptera - Formicidae; Orthoptera

Geological Time: Eocene (46 mya)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Diptera – 7 x 1 mm Coleoptera – weevil? – 7 x 7 mm; Formicidae- Ant – 5 mm; Orthoptera- cricket? – 7 x 13 mm

Fossil Site: Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, Douglas Pass, Colorado

Fossil Code: PFO112

Price: $185.00

Description: An interesting collection of four orders of insects from the world famous Green River Formation. This formation is noted for the variety and quality of preservation of all the flora and fauna found preserved in its very deep and wide layers of rock that cover a huge geographic portion of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

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Coleoptera
Orthoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera - Formicidae

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