McAbee (CDM collection): Ypresian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Mecoptera
- Eorpidae
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Eorpa ypsipeda n. gen., n. sp.
Archibald et al. 2013
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Archibald et al. 2013 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| 2003.2.6-CDM-030, 2.2-CDM-026, 2.4-CDM-028, 2.8-CDM-032, 2.9-CDM-033, 2.5-CDM-029, 2.3-CDM-027, 2.7-CDM-031 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Mecoptera
- Dinopanorpidae
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Dinokanaga dowsonae
Archibald 2005
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2003.2.3 CDM 027, 2003.2.4 CDM 028 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Dinokanaga hillsi
Archibald 2005
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2003.2.7 CDM 031, 2003.2.2 CDM 026 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Avitomyrmex elongatus n. gen., n. sp.
Archibald et al. 2006
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Archibald et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| 2003.2.8CDM032 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Avitomyrmex systenus n. sp.
Archibald et al. 2006
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Archibald et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| 2003.2.11 CDM 035 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| 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
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Courtenay and District Museum, Courtenay, British Columbia | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Paratypes of E. ypsipeda have same specimen numbers as Dinokanaga specimens, but are not the same fossils | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144347 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-05-04 06:12:27 | Last modified: | 2016-06-08 13:25:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-04 06:12:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] |