Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.9° N, 119.4° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 102.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by J. Gervais in 1930
Primary reference: H. M. A. Rice. 1959. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 55:1-36 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119464: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 27.10.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Plecia kelownaensis n. sp.
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