Some free, downloadable PDF files about the fossils of the Florissant, Colorado, lake bed.
Some free, downloadable PDF files about the fossils of
the Florissant, Colorado, lake bed.
Thoene, J. L., 2011, Taphonomy of Insects from the Florissant
Formation, Colorado. Unpublished MSc thesis, Department
of Museum and Field Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder.
http://www.cfc.umt.edu/CESU/Reports/NPS/CU/2008/08Smith_FLFO_%20fossil%20excavation_MSc_thesis.pdf
Smith, D. M., and M. E. Benson, 2010, Taxonomy and
Paleoenvironmental Indications of Fossil Diatoms from the
Florissant Formation. Final Report May 10, 2010, Dept. of
Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
http://www.cfc.umt.edu/CESU/Reports/NPS/CU/2005/05Smith_Dena_diatoms_FLFO_final%20rpt.pdf
KellerLynn, K, 2006, Florissant Fossil Beds National
Monument Geologic Resource Evaluation Report. Natural
Resource Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR—2006/009.
National Park Service, Denver, Colorado.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/inventory/publications/reports/flfo_gre_rpt_print_body.pdf
Foos, A., and J. Hannibal, 1999, Geology of the Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/education/foos/flfo.pdf
Evanoff, E., and others, 2001, Fossil Flora and Stratigraphy
of the Florissant Formation, Colorado. Proceedings of the
Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Series 4, no. 1,
(October 1, 2001), 69 pp.
http://www.dmns.org/media/376970/pseries4-1red-1.pdf
Smith, D. M., and A. P. Moe-Hoffman, 2007, Taphonomy
of Diptera in Lacustrine Environments: A case study from
Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado. Palaios. vol. 22, pp. 623-629.
http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/smith_moeHoffman_2007_Palaios_TaphonomyDipteraFlorissant_LR.pdf
http://spot.colorado.edu/~dena/DMSmithPublications.htm
Moe, A., and D. M. Smith, 2005, Using Fossil Flies to
Interpret Paleoenvironment, Florissant Fossil Beds NM,
Colorado. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology,
Palaeoclimatology. vol. 221, pp. 203-214.
http://spot.colorado.edu/~dena/MoeSmith2005.pdf
http://spot.colorado.edu/~dena/DMSmithPublications.htm
Prothero, D.R., and Sanchez, F., 2004, Magnetic stratigraphy
of the upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Teller County,
Colorado, in Lucas, S. G., Zeigler, K. E., and Kondrashov,
P. E., eds., pp. 129-135, Paleogene Mammals. New
Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin no. 26.
http://www.donaldprothero.com/files/47440764.pdf
https://nmstatehood.unm.edu/node/25439
Yours,
Paul H.
