Don Valley Brickyard, northeast corner (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.7° N, 79.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 79.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Don Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Sangamonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, carbonaceous siltstone

Collected in 1974

Primary reference: N. E. Williams and A. V. Morgan. 1977. Fossil caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Don Formation, Toronto, Ontario, and their use in paleoecology. Canadian Journal of Zoology 55:519-527 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163074: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.10.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Trichoptera - Rhyacophilidae
Rhyacophila ? carolina, Rhyacophila ? fuscula, Rhyacophila melita
Rhyacophila ? carolina Banks 1911 caddisfly
Rhyacophila ? fuscula Walker 1852 caddisfly
Rhyacophila melita Ross 1938 caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Leptoceridae
Nectopsyche ? diarina, Ceraclea mentiea
Nectopsyche ? diarina Ross 1944 long-horned caddisfly
Ceraclea mentiea Walker 1852 long-horned caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Brachycentridae
Micrasema sp., Brachycentrus cf. lateralis
Micrasema sp. McLachlan 1876 caddisfly
Brachycentrus cf. lateralis Say 1823 caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma sp.
Lepidostoma sp. Rambur 1842 caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Phryganeidae
Agrypnia sp.
Agrypnia sp. Curtis 1835 large caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae
Macronema ? zebrata, Cheumatopsyche "sp. a", Cheumatopsyche "sp. b", Hydropsyche "sp. a", Hydropsyche ex gr. scalaris, Hydropsyche ex gr. bifida, Hydropsyche slossonae, Hydropsyche orris
Macronema ? zebrata Hagen 1861 net-spinning caddisfly
Cheumatopsyche "sp. a" Wallengren 1891 net-spinning caddisfly
Cheumatopsyche "sp. b" Wallengren 1891 net-spinning caddisfly
Hydropsyche "sp. a" Pictet 1834 net-spinning caddisfly
Hydropsyche ex gr. scalaris Hagen 1861 net-spinning caddisfly
Hydropsyche ex gr. bifida Banks 1905 net-spinning caddisfly
Hydropsyche slossonae Banks 1905 net-spinning caddisfly
Hydropsyche orris Ross 1938 net-spinning caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
? Wormaldia sp., Chimarra obscura
? Wormaldia sp. MacLachlan 1865 finger-net caddisfly
Chimarra obscura Walker 1852 finger-net caddisfly
 Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
? Polycentropus sp.
? Polycentropus sp. Curtis 1835 caddisfly
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Anotylus gibbulus
Anotylus gibbulus Eppelsheim 1877 rove beetle