Also known as Canadian amber
Where: Manitoba, Canada (53.5° N, 100.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 62.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collected by F.M. Carpenter, C.T. Brues, A.M. Brues, C.T. Parsons in 1937; reposited in the MCZ
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: W. R. Richards. 1966. Systematics of fossil aphids from Canadian Amber (Homoptera: Aphididae). The Canadian Entomologist 98:746-760 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122354: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Electrococcus canadensis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Pseudambria longirostris n. gen. n. sp., Alloambria infelicis n. sp.8, Alloambria caudata n. gen. n. sp., Canadaphis carpenteri9
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Procleptes carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.5
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Lisponema singularis n. gen. n. sp.5
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Distylopus bisegmentus n. gen. n. sp.14
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Baeomorpha dubitata14, "Baeomorpha ovatata" = Baeomorpha ovatata14, "Baeomorpha distincta n. sp." = Baeomorpha ovatata14, "Baeomorpha elongata n. sp." = Baeomorpha ovatata14
"Baeomorpha distincta n. sp." = Baeomorpha ovatata14 Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp MCZ 5297,5251,5345,5278
"Baeomorpha elongata n. sp." = Baeomorpha ovatata14 Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp MCZ 5252,5251,5248,5292
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Bouceklytus arcuodens n. gen. n. sp.14
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Enneagmus pristinus n. gen. n. sp.14, Triadomerus sp.14, Triadomerus bulbosus14, Carpenteriana tumida n. gen. n. sp.14
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Archaeromma sp.14, "Archaeromma minutissima" = Archaeromma minutissimum14, "Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum14, "Protooctonus masneri n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeromma masneri14
"Archaeromma minutissima" = Archaeromma minutissimum14 Brues 1937 false fairy wasp MCZ 5277,5284,5344,5273,5285,5286 (Brues 1938 coll)
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum14 Yoshimoto 1975 false fairy wasp MCZ 5284,5316,5277
"Protooctonus masneri n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeromma masneri14 Yoshimoto 1975 false fairy wasp MCZ 5333,5290,5289
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Apalocnemis canadambris n. gen. n. sp.7
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Archichrysotus manitobus n. sp.7
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Cretaceogaster pygmaeus n. gen. n. sp.13
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Plesiognoriste carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.2
Plesiognoriste carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.2 Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 long beaked fungus gnat MCZ 6927
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Synapha longistyla n. sp.2, Lecadonileia parvistyla n. gen. n. sp.2, Zeliinia occidentalis n. sp.2, Nedocosia canadensis n. sp.2
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Plecia myersi n. sp.12
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Culicoides canadensis3, Culicoides obuncus n. sp.3, Culicoides filipalpis3, Culicoides annosus n. sp.3, Culicoides tyrrelli3, Culicoides agamus3, Peronehelea chrimikalydia3, Palaeobrachypogon remmi3, Palaeobrachypogon vetus3, Heleageron arenatus3, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus3, Atriculicoides sp.3, Atriculicoides globosus3
Atriculicoides globosus3 Boesel 1937 biting midge MCZ 6894, 6907a,b, 9002-9006, 9007 (2 speimens), 9008 (10 specimens), 9009
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Arachnida | |
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Grandoculus chemahawinensis n. gen. n. sp.10
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