Also known as Blackfalds

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.4° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.7° N, 90.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• "The fossiliferous layer, ranging in thickness from 5 to 10 cm, is a fine-grained argillaceous limestone of I part hydromica to 2 parts calcite, It overlies a coal seam of varied thickness." Mitchell & Wighton, 1979

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, fine-grained, argillaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: P. Mitchell and D. Wighton. 1979. Larval and adult insects from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 111:777-782 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119816: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Patricia Holroyd

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