Also known as Canadian amber
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.8° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 76.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taber coal Member (Foremost Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Foremost Formation is likely middle Campanian in age, see Fowler et al. 2017 supplementary data for more details on age constraints of the Foremost Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collection methods: University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum
Primary reference: R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel. 2011. The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber. Systematic Entomology 36:192-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122357: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Popovophysa entzmingeri n. gen. n. sp.3
Popovophysa entzmingeri n. gen. n. sp.3 McKellar and Engel 2011 true bug UASM 22323 (coll. V. Leuck, 2004)
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? Formicidae indet.5, Haidoterminus cippus n. gen. n. sp.6, Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis n. gen. n. sp.5
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Sphakelobythus limnopous n. gen. n. sp.1 Engel et al. 2013 wasp UASM 332548, 332549 (S. Leuck coll.)
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