Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.8° N, 127.0° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 108.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ootsa Lake Group, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Okanagan Highlands localities traditionally considered middle Eocene (Lutetian) but more recently others have been shown to be early Eocene (Ypresian). U-Pb and Ar-Ar dates of Ootsa Lake Gp volcanics at other localities give age range of 53.2-47.6 Ma, spanning Ypresian and Lutetian, but position of Driftwood Canyon within that range is unknown. 51.77 ± 0.34 according to Archibald et al., 2014.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M.V.H. Wilson

• Repository: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (Edmonton)

Primary reference: N. M. Andersen. 1998. Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter 50:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157318: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2014

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