Also known as Canadian amber
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.8° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 76.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taber coal Member (Foremost Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Foremost Formation is likely middle Campanian in age, see Fowler et al. 2017 supplementary data for more details on age constraints of the Foremost Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collected by J.F. McAlpine in 8-11, 1971
• Specimens sometime given CAS numbers, sometimes CNC numbers, but all are deposited in the Canadian National Collection.
Primary reference: C. M. Yoshimoto. 1975. Cretaceous chalcidoid fossils from Canadian Amber. The Canadian Entomologist 107:499-528 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 104932: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 11.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Brevimucronus anomalus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Insecta | |
"Sphecomyrma canadensis n. sp." = Boltonimecia canadensis9
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"Archaeromma minutissima" = Archaeromma minutissimum
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Proliopteron redactus n. gen. n. sp.6
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Plesiorobius canadensis n. gen. n. sp.5
Plesiorobius canadensis n. gen. n. sp.5 Klimaszewski and Kevan 1986 brown lacewing CNC 18446 (CAS 382)
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Atriculicoides globosus1, Culicoides annosus1, Culicoides tyrrelli1, Culicoides filipalpis1, Peronehelea chrimikalydia1, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus1
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