Cedar Lake (ROM collection) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Canadian amber

Where: Manitoba, Canada (53.5° N, 100.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 62.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collected by J.B. Tyrrell in 1890,1891; reposited in the ROM

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Original collection from 1937 paper

Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter, J. W. Folsom, E. O. Essig, A. C. Kinsey, C. T. Brues, M. W. Boesel, and H. E. Ewing. 1937. Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40:7-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122356: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Collembola
 Entomobryomorpha - Protentomobryidae
Protentomobrya walkeri n. gen. n. sp.
Protentomobrya walkeri n. gen. n. sp. Folsom 1937 springtail
ROM 64
Insecta
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Metriocnemus cretatus n. sp., Spaniotoma conservata n. sp., "Spaniotoma (Smittia) veta n. sp." = Smittia veta
Metriocnemus cretatus n. sp. Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 59 (2 specimens), 13
Spaniotoma conservata n. sp. Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 31 (2 specimens)
"Spaniotoma (Smittia) veta n. sp." = Smittia veta Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 45, 68
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Palaeobrachypogon remmi1, "Ceratopogon aquilonius n. sp." = Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius, Palaeobrachypogon vetus1, Culicoides obuncus1, Culicoides filipalpis1, "Dasyhelea tyrrelli n. sp." = Culicoides tyrrelli, "Atrichopogon canadensis n. sp." = Culicoides canadensis, Protoculicoides depressus n. gen. n. sp., Heleageron arenatus1, Atriculicoides sp.1, "Lasiohelea globosa n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus, "Lasiohelea cretea n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus
Palaeobrachypogon remmi1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM 73
"Ceratopogon aquilonius n. sp." = Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 61
Palaeobrachypogon vetus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-II-58
Culicoides obuncus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-II-59
Culicoides filipalpis1 Remm 1976 biting midge
ROM 55
"Dasyhelea tyrrelli n. sp." = Culicoides tyrrelli Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 28 (2 males), 48
"Atrichopogon canadensis n. sp." = Culicoides canadensis Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 35
Protoculicoides depressus n. gen. n. sp. Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 6
Heleageron arenatus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-11-3
Atriculicoides sp.1 Remm 1976 biting midge
ROM 53
"Lasiohelea globosa n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 33, 47
"Lasiohelea cretea n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 4, 36
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Pygostolus patriarchicus n. sp., "Diospilus allani n. sp." = Diorhyssalus allani, Neoblacus facialis n. sp.
Pygostolus patriarchicus n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 16
"Diospilus allani n. sp." = Diorhyssalus allani Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 3
Neoblacus facialis n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 46
 Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae
Baeomorpha ovatata2, Baeomorpha dubitata n. gen. n. sp.
Baeomorpha ovatata2 Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp
CL-11-96,106 Tyrrell coll
Baeomorpha dubitata n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 chalcid wasp
ROM 37 and CL-11-99 Tyrrel coll
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites paradoxus n. gen. n. sp.
Serphites paradoxus n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 7, 71
 Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum2, "Ooctonus minutissimus n. sp." = Archaeromma minutissimum
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum2 Yoshimoto 1975 false fairy wasp
CL-11-39, J.B. Tyrrell coll
"Ooctonus minutissimus n. sp." = Archaeromma minutissimum Brues 1937 false fairy wasp
ROM 54
 Hymenoptera -
Baryconus fulleri n. sp., Proteroscelio antennalis n. gen. n. sp.
Baryconus fulleri n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 51
Proteroscelio antennalis n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 56
 Hymenoptera - Protimaspidae
Protimaspis costalis n. gen. n. sp.
Protimaspis costalis n. gen. n. sp. Kinsey 1937 wasp
ROM 39
 Hymenoptera -
"? Lygocerus dubitatus n. sp." = Dendrocerus dubitatus
"? Lygocerus dubitatus n. sp." = Dendrocerus dubitatus Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 69
 Hemiptera - Canadaphididae
Canadaphis carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.
Canadaphis carpenteri n. gen. n. sp. Essig 1937 aphid
ROM 30
Arachnida
 Acariformes - Bdellidae
Bdella vetusta n. sp.
Bdella vetusta n. sp. Ewing 1937 mite
 Acariformes - Erythraeidae
Erythraeidae indet.
Erythraeidae indet. Robineau-Desvoidy 1828 mite
ROM 8
1Borkent 1995; 2Yoshimoto 1975