Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 90.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• upper half of unit 4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, gray siltstone
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 119839: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gomphaeschninae indet.2, "Alloaeschna paskapooensis" = Alloaeschna paskapooensis2, "Alloaeschna quadrata n. sp." = Alloaeschna paskapooensis
"Alloaeschna paskapooensis" = Alloaeschna paskapooensis2 Wighton and Wilson 1986 true dragonfly UAPC 6272/6266 (horizon B)
"Alloaeschna quadrata n. sp." = Alloaeschna paskapooensis Wighton and Wilson 1986 true dragonfly UAPC 6181 collected by B. Speirs, 1980
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Albertoilus cervirufi n. gen. n. sp.3 Kevan and Wighton 1981 grasshopper UAPC 6176 collected by B. Speirs, 22 Sept. 1980
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"Donacia (Donacia) wightoni" = Donacia wightoni1
"Donacia (Donacia) wightoni" = Donacia wightoni1 Askevold 1990 leaf beetle UAPC 5566(411), (412), (413), (414), (415), (416)
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