Driftwood Canyon (RBCM collection) (Eocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.8° N, 127.0° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 108.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ootsa Lake Group, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Okanagan Highlands localities traditionally considered middle Eocene (Lutetian) but more recently others have been shown to be early Eocene (Ypresian). U-Pb and Ar-Ar dates of Ootsa Lake Gp volcanics at other localities give age range of 53.2-47.6 Ma, spanning Ypresian and Lutetian, but position of Driftwood Canyon within that range is unknown. 51.77 ± 0.34 according to Archibald et al., 2014.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Royal British Columbia Museum

Primary reference: V. N. Makarkin, S. B. Archibald, and J. D. Oswald. 2003. New Early Eocene brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 135:637-653 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104793: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2011, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Dysagrionites "sp. B"1 Archibald and Cannings 2021 damselfly
RBCM P1554
 Raphidioptera - Inocelliidae
Paraksenocellia borealis n. gen. n. sp.6
Paraksenocellia borealis n. gen. n. sp.6 Makarkin et al. 2019 snakefly
RBCM.EH2018.129.1
 Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Megaraphidia ootsa n. sp.4 Archibald and Makarkin 2021 snakefly
RBCM P1556
 Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
? Hemerobiidae indet. Latreille 1802 brown lacewing
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Chrysopidae indet.5 Schneider 1851 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0006.001
? Pseudochrysopa sp.5 Makarkin and Archibald 2013 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0003.001
Pseudochrysopa sp.5 Makarkin and Archibald 2013 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0004.001
Pseudochrysopa harveyi n. gen. n. sp.5 Makarkin and Archibald 2013 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0001.001, 0002.001, 0005.001
Archaeochrysa sanikwa n. sp.2 Archibald and Makarkin 2015 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2014.033.0001.001
? Adamsochrysa "sp. B"5 Makarkin and Archibald 2013 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0008.001
Lithochrysa borealis n. sp.3 Archibald and Makarkin 2017 green lacewing
RBCM.EH2012.003.0007.001
 Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Osmylidia sp.7 Cockerell 1908 lance lacewing
RBCM P1567
Aves
 Ralliformes - Ralloidae
? Songziidae indet.8 Hou 1990 bird