Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae
Full reference: K. Christiansen and E. Pike. 2002. Cretaceous Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada. Cretaceous Research 23:165-188
Belongs to Protoisotoma according to A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel 2016
See also Christiansen and Pike 2002
Sister taxa: Protoisotoma autrigoniensis, Protoisotoma burma
Type specimen: TMP 91.148.482, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 91.148 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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