PBDB Collection

McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll): Ypresian, Canada

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae

	Cimbrophlebia informal sp. A	Archibald 2009	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-998(1137) (1 measurement)

	Cimbrophlebia leahyi n. sp. Archibald 2009	Archibald 2009	1 specimen
	TRUIPR L-018 F-1160(1) (1 measurement)

	Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis n. sp. Archibald 2009	Archibald 2009	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-763(4) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae

	Eomerope macabeensis n. sp. Archibald et al. 2005	Archibald et al. 2005	1 specimen
	UCCIPRL-18F-826 (2 measurements)

	Eomerope eonearctica n. sp. Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-780, F-781
Insecta - Mecoptera - Eorpidae

	Eorpa ypsipeda Archibald et al. 2013	Archibald et al. 2013	10 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-986(7), 991, 1024, 984, 1536, 1134(5), 1537, 1538, 1539, 1191 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Dinopanorpidae

	Dinokanaga hillsi Archibald 2005	Archibald 2005	4 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1036,UCCIPR L-18 F-1034(1035),UCCIPR L-18 F-1039/40,UCCIPR L-18 F-1037/38 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

	Nothochrysinae indet. Navas 1910	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1535 (1 measurement)

	Okanaganochrysa coltsunae n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin and Archibald 2013	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	2 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1529, 1530 (1 measurement)

	Archaeochrysa profracta n. sp. Makarkin and Archibald 2013	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1527 (2 measurements)

	? Adamsochrysa sp. Makarkin and Archibald 2013	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1526 (1 measurement)

	Adamsochrysa aspera n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin and Archibald 2013	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	7 specimens
	CMNIF25, 105, UCCIPR L-18 F-983, F1531-1534 (8 measurements)

	Protochrysa fuscobasalis n. sp. Makarkin and Archibald 2013	Makarkin and Archibald 2013	2 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1525, 1528 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Corydasialidae

	Ypresioneura obscura n. gen., n. sp. Archibald and Makarkin 2015	Archibald and Makarkin 2015	1 specimen
	TRU F-1547 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

	Raphidiidae indet. Latreille 1810	Archibald and Makarkin 2021	1 specimen
	TRU F-982
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Pachymerina indet. Bridwell 1929	Archibald et al. 2014	4 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-1540/1, F-1542/3, F1544, F939
Insecta - Hymenoptera

	Proctotrupoidea indet. Latreille 1802	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1552
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Heloridae

	Heloridae indet. Forster 1856	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1057
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Monomachidae

	Monomachidae indet. (Ashmead 1902)	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1549
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae

	Proctotrupidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-1550, F-1551
Insecta - Hymenoptera

	Aculeata indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	4 specimens
	TRU F-1556ab, F-1557, F-1558, F-1559
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

	Sphecidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-258, F-692
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae

	? Halictidae indet. Thomson 1869	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1555
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

	Apidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-263
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

	Vespidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-1020/1021, F-1553
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

	Formicidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	7 specimens
	TRU F-990, F-1554, F-1576, F-1577, F-1578, F-1579, F-1580

	Myrmeciinae indet. Smith 1851	Archibald et al. 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-260, F-789

	Avitomyrmex mastax n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	2 specimens
	UCCIPRL-18 F-850, UCCIPRL-18 F-929 (2 measurements)

	Avitomyrmex systenus Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	2 specimens
	UCCIPR L-18 F-989, UCCIPR L-18 F-825

	Macabeemyrma ovata n. gen., n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-844 (1 measurement)

	? Myrmeciites goliath n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-999; TRU F-1574 in Archibald et al., 2018 (1 measurement)

	Myrmeciites herculeanus n. gen., n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-974 (1 measurement)

	Ypresiomyrma bartletti n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	1 specimen
	GSC 127632 collected by Rod Bartlett in Sept. 1994 (2 measurements)

	Ypresiomyrma orbiculata n. gen., n. sp. Archibald et al. 2006	Archibald et al. 2006	1 specimen
	UCCIPR L-18 F-749, collected in the private fossil site (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

	Braconidae indet. Nees ab Esenbeck 1811	Archibald et al. 2018	2 specimens
	TRU F-237, F-1090
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

	Ichneumonidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1575
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cephidae

	Cuspilongus cachecreekensis n. gen., n. sp. Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2015	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2016	1 specimen
	TRU F-1545/1546 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae

	Cimbicidae indet. Kirby 1837	Archibald et al. 2018	1 specimen
	TRU F-1566

	Leptostigma longiclava Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	1 specimen
	TRU F-848 (2 measurements)

	Leptostigma longitenebricum n. sp. Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	2 specimens
	TRU F-1565, F-1563 (3 measurements)

	Leptostigma proxivena n. sp. Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	1 specimen
	TRU F-1564 (1 measurement)

	Leptostigma brevilatum Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	2 specimens
	TRU F-774, F-1182/1183 (Cimbicidae indet. in Archibald et al. 2018)

	Leptostigma longipallidum Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2023	3 specimens
	TRU F-771, F-777, F-1185 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae

	Tenthredinidae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Archibald et al. 2018	10 specimens
	TRU F-803, F-1548, F-1567, F-1568, F-1569, F-1570, F-1571, F-1572, F-1573, F-1581
Insecta

	Susumanioidea informal indet. A	Archibald and Bradler 2015	1 specimen
	TRU F-846/F-951

	Susumanioidea indet. Gorochov 1988	Archibald and Bradler 2015	1 specimen
	TRU F-1392/F-1393
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

	Auroradraco eos n. gen., n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2019	Archibald and Cannings 2019	1 specimen
	TRU F-238/239 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

	Ypshna latipennata n. gen., n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2019	Archibald and Cannings 2019	1 specimen
	TRU F-1050/1051 (1 measurement)

	Eoshna thompsonensis n. gen., n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2019	Archibald and Cannings 2019	1 specimen
	TRU F-1487 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

	Okanagrion hobani n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2021	Archibald et al. 2021	3 specimens
	TRU F-1052, F-1044, F-1140 (1 measurement)

	Okanagrion beardi n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2021	Archibald et al. 2021	1 specimen
	TRU F-791 (1 measurement)

	Okanopteryx sp. Archibald and Cannings 2021	Archibald et al. 2021	1 specimen
	TRU F-1046

	Okanopteryx macabeensis Archibald and Cannings 2021	Archibald et al. 2021	1 specimen
	TRU F-790

	Okanopteryx fraseri n. sp. Archibald and Cannings 2021	Archibald et al. 2021	4 specimens
	GSC 141104/TRU F-778; F-1045; F-1091; PB-4157
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parastacidae

	Aenigmastacus crandalli Feldmann et al. 2011	Feldmann et al. 2011
see common names

Geography

Country:	Canada	State/province:	British Columbia
Coordinates:	50.8° North, 121.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	55.5° North, 104.1° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Ypresian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Ypresian
Age range of interval:	56 - 47.8 m.y. ago
Age estimate:	51 Ma (K-Ar)

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Kamloops
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	planar lamination,brown lithified mudstone
Environment:	lacustrine - large	Tectonic setting:	rift

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	adpression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Thompson Rivers University (formerly University College of the Cariboo)

Metadata

Database number:	103205
Authorizer:	M. Clapham, C. Schweitzer	Enterer:	M. Clapham, C. Schweitzer, J. Karr
Modifier:	J. Karr	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-01-23 17:11:32	Last modified:	2014-08-06 17:31:12
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-01-23 17:11:32
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

34866.

S. B. Archibald. 2010. Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:173-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

46655		S. B. Archibald. 2005. New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:119-136 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
34867		S. B. Archibald. 2009. New Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada and Republic, Washington, USA. Zootaxa 2249:51-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56829		S. B. Archibald and S. Bradler. 2015. Stem-group stick insects (Phasmatodea) in the early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada, and Republic, Washington, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist 147:744-753 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70811		S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151:783-816 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
75770		S. B. Archibald, R. A. Cannings, R. J. Erickson, S. M. Bybee, and R. W. Mathewes. 2021. The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 4934:1-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38422		S. B. Archibald, S. P. Cover, and C. S. Moreau. 2006. Bulldog Ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and History of the Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(3):487-523 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
56989		S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin. 2015. The second genus and species of the extinct neuropteroid family Corydasialidae, from early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada: do they belong to Megaloptera?. Zootaxa 4040:569-575 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78958		S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin. 2021. Early Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of western North America from the Okanagan Highlands and Green River Formation. Zootaxa 4951:41-79 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47557		S. B. Archibald, R. W. Mathewes, and D. R. Greenwood. 2013. The Eocene apex of panorpoid scorpionfly family diversity. Journal of Paleontology 87:677-695 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51439		S. B. Archibald, G. E. Morse, D. R. Greenwood and R. W. Mathewes. 2014. Fossil palm beetles refine upland winter temperatures in the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:8095-8100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39135		S. B. Archibald, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and M. A. Akhmetiev. 2005. Ecology and distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a new species of Eomerope Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee locality, British Columbia, Canada. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(4):503-514 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
58323		S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2016. New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 148:209-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65004		S. B. Archibald, A. P. Rasnitsyn, D. J. Brothers and R. W. Mathewes. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150:250-257 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65756		S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2018. Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus. The Canadian Entomologist 150:393-403 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87321		S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2023. Cimbicidae (Hymenoptera, 'Symphyta' in the Paleogene: revision, the new subfamily Cenocimbicinae, and new taxa from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands. Zootaxa 5278:1-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
86983	decapod	R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and J. Leahy. 2011. New Eocene crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: first record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31(2):320-331 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]
44347		V. N. Makarkin and S. B. Archibald. 2013. A diverse new assemblage of green lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Journal of Paleontology 87:123-146 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]