Also known as Canadian amber

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.8° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 76.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taber coal Member (Foremost Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Foremost Formation is likely middle Campanian in age, see Fowler et al. 2017 supplementary data for more details on age constraints of the Foremost Formation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, original carbon, amber

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Primary reference: W. Schawaller. 1991. The first Mesozoic pseudoscorpion, from Cretaceous Canadian amber. Palaeontology 34(4):971-976 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/A. Kinchloe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34896: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 13.10.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham and Briony Mamo

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