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 96.9.x
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 122389: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pareubaeus rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.9, Pareubaeus incertus n. sp.9, Albertocryptus dossenus n. gen. n. sp.9
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Tagsmiphron canadense n. sp.2
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Procleptes eoliami n. sp.8
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Conostigmus cavannus n. sp.6
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Ceratopogonidae indet.1, Protoculicoides depressus1, Culicoides sp.1, ? Culicoides sp.1, Culicoides filipalpis1, ? Peronehelea sp.1, Peronehelea chrimikalydia1, Palaeobrachypogon sp.1, ? Palaeobrachypogon sp.1, Palaeobrachypogon vetus1, Stilobezzia pikei n. sp.1, Atriculicoides sp.1, Atriculicoides globosus1, Leptoconops primaevus1, Heleageron arenatus1
Culicoides sp.1 Latreille 1809 biting midge TMP 96.9.91, 108, 112, 119, 118, 125, 739, 747, 749, 1095, 100, 138
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Canadopeza biacrosticha n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Orchestina albertensis n. sp." = Canadaorchestina albertensis10
"Orchestina albertensis n. sp." = Canadaorchestina albertensis10 Penney 2006 goblin spider RTMP 96.9.627 (formerly RTMP 78.14.3)
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