Apoidea
Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
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Description: Trace fossil of a bivalve from the sandwich beds of FBM Locality M. Arrow points to possible bivalve that apparently left the trail. This was probably an instance of a small current or perhaps a predator moving this piece along the bottom. Specimen is FMNH PE60951, and the shell that the arrow is pointing to measures 21 millimeters along the longest axis.Catalog Number: PE 60951Taxonomic Name: ApoideaFM Catalog: Fossil InvertebratesObject Kind: Hand SpecimenPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: HymenopteraFamily: ApoideaPeriod: PaleogeneEarliest Epoch: EoceneEarliest Age: Early Eocene / WasatchianFormation: Green RiverMember: Fossil ButteCoordinates Available?: YesCountry: United States of AmericaState/Province/Territory: WyomingCounty: LincolnTownship: KemmererEMu IRN: 2344482Occurrence ID: ba50ab1a-a69d-46bb-9220-b1fe01e6c04a
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