Hemiptera

  • Fossil insect
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Fossil insect, plant hopper, from Fossil Lake, Wyoming.
  • Undescribed species
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Undescribed species of plant hoppers (superfamily Fulgoroidea) from the 18-inch layer. Left) A representative species from of the family Cixiidae, with a body length of 10 millimeters (specimen is FMNH PE60943). From FBM Locality A. Middle) A representative species of the family Achilidae, with a body length of 16 millimeters (specimen is FMNH PE60322). From FBM Locality A. Right) A representative of the family Fulgoridae with a body length of 10 millimeters (specimen is BMNH In.64612). From FBM Locality E.
Catalog Number: PE 60322
Taxonomic Name: Hemiptera
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Object Kind: Hand Specimen
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Formation: Green River
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
EMu IRN: 2863065
Occurrence ID: 6ec5d73d-0b16-4b41-9fbe-5e9f7da8cda0

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