Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection) (Cretaceous of Canada)

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

Collected by J.F. McAlpine, H. Teskey in 1973

• Specimens sometime given CAS numbers, sometimes CNC numbers, but all are deposited in the Canadian National Collection.

Primary reference: C. M. Yoshimoto. 1975. Cretaceous chalcidoid fossils from Canadian Amber. The Canadian Entomologist 107:499-528 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122383: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Psocodea - Sphaeropsocidae
Sphaeropsocoides canadensis n. gen. n. sp.7 Grimaldi and Engel 2006 book louse
CAS 642, 644
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites hynemani9 McKellar and Engel 2011 wasp
CAS 694, 744, 616, 683, 646
Serphites paradoxus9 Brues 1937 wasp
CAS 648, 808
Serphites kuzminae n. sp.9 McKellar and Engel 2011 wasp
CAS 815
 Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae
"Archaeromma minutissima" = Archaeromma minutissimum, "Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum
"Archaeromma minutissima" = Archaeromma minutissimum Brues 1937 false fairy wasp
CAS 845, 748
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum Yoshimoto 1975 false fairy wasp
CAS 598
 Hymenoptera - Mymaridae
Triadomerus bulbosus Yoshimoto 1975 fairyfly
CAS 899
Macalpinia canadensis n. gen. n. sp. Yoshimoto 1975 fairyfly
CAS 618
 Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae
"Baeomorpha ovatata" = Baeomorpha ovatata, "Baeomorpha elongata" = Baeomorpha ovatata, "Baeomorpha distincta" = Baeomorpha ovatata
"Baeomorpha ovatata" = Baeomorpha ovatata Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp
CAS 698
"Baeomorpha elongata" = Baeomorpha ovatata Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp
CAS 856
"Baeomorpha distincta" = Baeomorpha ovatata Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp
CAS 770
 Hymenoptera - Stigmaphronidae
Tagsmiphron spiculum n. sp.10 McKellar and Engel 2011 wasp
CAS 731
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Bethylidae indet.11 Forster 1856 flat wasp
CNCI-CAS 633
Celonophamia granama n. sp.11 McKellar and Engel 2014 flat wasp
CNCI-CAS 885
 Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Mesoraphidiidae indet.5 Martynov 1925 snakefly
CAS 915 (larva)
 Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Ripilarva sp.1 Batelka and Beutel 2024 wedge shaped beetle
CAS 651
 Trichoptera - Electralbertidae
Electralberta cretacica n. gen. n. sp.3
Electralberta cretacica n. gen. n. sp.3 Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983 caddisfly
CAS 420
 Hemiptera - Mesozoicaphididae
Mesozoicaphis canadensis8 Heie 1992 aphid
CAS 853b
 Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Longiradius foottitti n. gen. n. sp.8
Longiradius foottitti n. gen. n. sp.8 Heie 2006 aphid
CAS 853
 Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Cretomiastor ferejunctus6 Gagné 1977 gall midge
CAS 781a,781b, 839, 906, 1243
Cretocatocha mcalpinei n. gen. n. sp.6 Gagné 1977 gall midge
CAS 593
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Minyohelea pumilis2 Borkent 1995 biting midge
CAS 709
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus n. sp.2 Borkent 1995 biting midge
CAS 792, 733, 614a
Atriculicoides globosus2 Boesel 1937 biting midge
CAS 602, 614b, 631, 643, 695, 768
Culicoides filipalpis2 Remm 1976 biting midge
CAS 667
Culicoides canadensis2 Boesel 1937 biting midge
CAS 636, 721, 830, 831, 902
Culicoides tyrrelli2 Boesel 1937 biting midge
CAS 855
Peronehelea chrimikalydia n. gen. n. sp.2 Borkent 1995 biting midge
CAS 882
Palaeobrachypogon vetus2 Borkent 1995 biting midge
CAS 692, 764
Collembola
 Poduromorpha - Brachystomellidae
Bellingeria cornua n. gen. n. sp.4
Bellingeria cornua n. gen. n. sp.4 Christiansen and Pike 2002 springtail
CAS 724