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.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, original carbon, amber

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, specimens with accession numbers 91.148.x

Primary reference: O. E. Heie and E. M. Pike. 1992. New aphids in Cretaceous amber from Alberta (Insecta, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 124:1027-1053 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122387: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011

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