Reservoir Park, Toronto (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.7° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Scarborough Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; unlithified siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by A.P. Coleman

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Canadian fossil insects, 4. Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the interglacial clays of the Toronto district. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(2):67-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152575: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Lathrobium exesum n. sp.
Lathrobium exesum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16882
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Centrinus disjunctus n. sp., Anthonomus eversus, Anthonomus fossilis, Anthonomus lapsus n. sp.
Centrinus disjunctus n. sp. Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16865
Anthonomus eversus Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16852-858, 860, 869
Anthonomus fossilis Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16844, 845, 862-864, 868
Anthonomus lapsus n. sp. Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16861
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Hydroporus sectus, "Coelambus infernalis n. sp." = Hygrotus infernalis
Hydroporus sectus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16904
"Coelambus infernalis n. sp." = Hygrotus infernalis Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16908
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidium vanum, Bembidium expletum n. sp., Pterostichus destructus, Pterostichus abrogatus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus interitus n. sp., "Nebria abstracta n. sp." = Agonum abstractum, "Patrobus frigidus n. sp." = Patrobus stygicus, "Patrobus decessus" = Patrobus stygicus
Bembidium vanum Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16807
Bembidium expletum n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16812
Pterostichus destructus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16801
Pterostichus abrogatus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16781
Platynus desuetus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16797
Platynus interitus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16771
"Nebria abstracta n. sp." = Agonum abstractum Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16805
"Patrobus frigidus n. sp." = Patrobus stygicus Chaudoir 1872 ground beetle
Coleman 16793
"Patrobus decessus" = Patrobus stygicus Chaudoir 1872 ground beetle
Coleman 16782, 783, 787, 788, 791