Site 2 (east bank of Red Deer River) (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 113.7° 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)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• fine-grained matrix

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: D. C. Wighton and M. V. H. Wilson. 1986. The Gomphaeschninae (Odonata: Aeshnidae): new fossil genus, reconstructed phylogeny, and geographical history. Systematic Entomology 11:505-522 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119828: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimens deposited in UAPC ( University of Alberta Paleontological Collections
Insecta
 Dicondylia - Susumaniidae
Phasmomimella paskapoensis n. gen. n. sp.1, Promastacoides albertae n. gen. n. sp.1
Phasmomimella paskapoensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Kevan and Wighton 1981 winged insect
UAPC 6172 collected by C. Wighton, 2 Sept. 1978
Promastacoides albertae n. gen. n. sp.1 Kevan and Wighton 1981 winged insect
UAPC 6173 collected by C. Wighton, 15 July 1978
 Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Alloaeschna paskapooensis Wighton and Wilson 1986 true dragonfly
UAPC 6182 collected by D. Wighton
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipulinae indet.2 Latreille 1802 crane fly
all pupa