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Order Hymenoptera
Wasp
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1010 2122 (2010-10-23)Copyright © 2010 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Sep 6, 2010
location
Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer (Lincoln County, Wyoming, US)order
Hymenoptera
class Insecta
notes This Wasp, found in the Green River Formation, lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. These fossils from the Green River Fm. are unusually well preserved in laminated limestone precipicated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone.keywords: Eocene, Tertiary, Cenozoic, limestone, Green River Formation, geology, earth science, paleontology
camera Canon 40D, 100mm, f/9, 1.3 sec.
photo category: Fossil - Invertebrate
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