Cedar Lake (ROM collection): Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by J.B. Tyrrell 1890,1891

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Acariformes - Erythraeidae
Erythraeidae indet. Robineau-Desvoidy 1828
1 specimen
ROM 8
Arachnida - Acariformes - Bdellidae
Bdella vetusta n. sp. Ewing 1937
1 specimen
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Protentomobryidae
Protentomobrya walkeri n. gen., n. sp. Folsom 1937
1 specimen
ROM 64 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Canadaphididae
Canadaphis carpenteri n. gen., n. sp. Essig 1937
1 specimen
ROM 30 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Protimaspidae
Protimaspis costalis n. gen., n. sp. Kinsey 1937
1 specimen
ROM 39 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites paradoxus n. gen., n. sp. Brues 1937
2 specimens
ROM 7, 71 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae
Ooctonus minutissimus n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
recombined as Archaeromma minutissimum
ROM 54 (1 measurement)
Archaeromma nearctica Yoshimoto 1975
Yoshimoto 1975 1 specimen
corrected as Archaeromma nearcticum
CL-11-39, J.B. Tyrrell coll
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae
Baeomorpha dubitata n. gen., n. sp. Brues 1937
2 specimens
ROM 37 and CL-11-99 Tyrrel coll (1 measurement)
Baeomorpha ovatata Yoshimoto 1975
Yoshimoto 1975 2 specimens
CL-11-96,106 Tyrrell coll
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Baryconus fulleri n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
ROM 51 (1 measurement)
Proteroscelio antennalis n. gen., n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
ROM 56 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Neoblacus facialis n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
ROM 46 (1 measurement)
Diospilus allani n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
recombined as Diorhyssalus allani
ROM 3
Pygostolus patriarchicus n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
ROM 16 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera
? Lygocerus dubitatus n. sp. Brues 1937
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Apocrita
ROM 69 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Metriocnemus cretatus n. sp. Boesel 1937
3 specimens
ROM 59 (2 specimens), 13 (2 measurements)
Spaniotoma conservata n. sp. Boesel 1937
2 specimens
ROM 31 (2 specimens) (2 measurements)
Spaniotoma (Smittia) veta n. sp. Boesel 1937
2 specimens
recombined as Smittia veta
ROM 45, 68 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Atrichopogon canadensis n. sp. Boesel 1937
1 specimen
recombined as Culicoides canadensis
ROM 35 (1 measurement)
Culicoides filipalpis Remm 1976
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM 55
Dasyhelea tyrrelli n. sp. Boesel 1937
3 specimens
recombined as Culicoides tyrrelli
ROM 28 (2 males), 48 (2 measurements)
Culicoides obuncus Borkent 1995
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM CL-II-59
Palaeobrachypogon remmi Borkent 1995
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM 73
Ceratopogon aquilonius n. sp. Boesel 1937
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius
ROM 61 (1 measurement)
Palaeobrachypogon vetus Borkent 1995
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM CL-II-58
Protoculicoides depressus n. gen., n. sp. Boesel 1937
1 specimen
ROM 6 (1 measurement)
Heleageron arenatus Borkent 1995
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM CL-11-3
Atriculicoides sp. Remm 1976
Borkent 1995 1 specimen
ROM 53
Lasiohelea globosa n. sp. Boesel 1937
2 specimens
recombined as Atriculicoides globosus
ROM 33, 47 (1 measurement)
Lasiohelea cretea n. sp. Boesel 1937
2 specimens
synonym of Atriculicoides globosus
ROM 4, 36 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Manitoba
Coordinates: 53.5° North, 100.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.0° North, 62.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:ROM
Collectors:J.B. Tyrrell Collection dates:1890,1891
Collection method comments: Original collection from 1937 paper
Metadata
Also known as:Canadian amber
Database number:122356
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-12-22 07:11:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-22 07:11:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5821.ETE 1586F. M. Carpenter, J. W. Folsom, E. O. Essig, A. C. Kinsey, C. T. Brues, M. W. Boesel, and H. E. Ewing. 1937. Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40:7-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

39407 A. Borkent. 1995. Biting Midges in the Cretaceous Amber of North America (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 1-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]
38956 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]
5834ETE 1600C. M. Yoshimoto. 1975. Cretaceous chalcidoid fossils from Canadian Amber. The Canadian Entomologist 107:499-528 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]