Mission Creek (Eocene of Canada)

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

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia kelownaensis n. sp. Rice 1959 love bug
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