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 82-15-x
Primary reference: B. V. Brown and E. M. Pike. 1990. Three new fossil phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27:845-848 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122388: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi n. gen. n. sp.4
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"Prioriphora intermedia" = Maksika intermedia, Prioriphora longicostalis n. sp.
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Ceratopogonidae indet.2, Culicoides bullus1, Culicoides tyrrelli1, Culicoides filipalpis1, Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius1, Peronehelea chrimikalydia1, Heleageron arenatus1, Atriculicoides globosus2
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Collembola | |
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