Rockwood Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Another Florissant insect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Nice! Some sort of ant? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Great find! What age is it? ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Lovely find indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, Kane said: Great find! What age is it? I believe it is green river so 50 +- million. Nice bug, by the way. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 39 minutes ago, Kane said: Great find! What age is it? 14 minutes ago, ynot said: I believe it is green river so 50 +- million. The Florissant Formation is Late Eocene/ Early Oligocene; +/- 34 MYBP. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 This is a wasp from the U.S. Florissant Fossil Beds website: I think Rockwood's is something else, as the head and thorax on his are proportionally smaller. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 33 minutes ago, Kane said: Great find! What age is it? I think I remember seeing 34.7 somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Hope you don’t mind me cropping and lighting your bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Auspex said: I think Rockwood's is something else, as the head and thorax on his are proportionally smaller. Maybe a robberfly, or even a winged ant? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Auspex said: Maybe a robberfly? Do these typically come in swarms ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Just now, Rockwood said: Do these typically come in swarms ? In my (modern) experience, no, robberflies are fairly solitary. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Hope you don’t mind me cropping and lighting your bug. Not at all. Might even make a good trout fly if you get it light enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Auspex said: In my (modern) experience, no, robberflies are fairly solitary. I found a few that could be. I'll keep working on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, Auspex said: The Florissant Formation is Late Eocene/ Early Oligocene; +/- 34 MYBP. Well I was close. Only 16 million off, that is not to bad. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 The quantity does appear to favor the winged ant ID. Here are the last three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 14 hours ago, ynot said: Well I was close. Only 16 million off, that is not to bad. You were spot-on for the Green River Fm. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Meyer, H.W., Veatch, S.W., & Cook, A. 2004 Field guide to the paleontology and volcanic setting of the Florissant fossil beds, Colorado. Geological Society of America Field Guide, 5:151-166 PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 And brook trout do love them. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 I would like to add a note to anyone visiting this site. There is no doubt in my mind that the folks who run the quarry would have identified this for me. I just chose to use the time collecting. I ended up sleeping from Chicago until somewhere over Vermont as it was. Collectors should all put this place on their bucket list, and parents should pack a picnic lunch and introduce the young ones to fossils out at "gramma's" quarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Glad you found some great stuff there, Dale. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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