Scarborough Bluffs (Coleman collection) (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.7° N, 79.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; unlithified siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by A.P. Coleman

• Later collections made by Professor A.P. Coleman

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Canadian fossil insects, 4. Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the interglacial clays of the Toronto district. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(2):67-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152577: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Anthonomus fossilis
Anthonomus fossilis Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16846, 847
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Arpedium stillicidii, Olophrum arcanum n. sp., Olophrum dejectum n. sp., Olophrum celatum n. sp., Acidota crenata, ? Gymnusa absens n. sp., Quedius deperditus n. sp., Philonthus claudus n. sp., Lathrobium frustum, Lathrobium debilitatum n. sp., Lathrobium inhibitum n. sp., Cryptobium detectum n. sp., Cryptobium cinctum
Arpedium stillicidii Scudder 1895 rove beetle
Coleman 16896, 16897
Olophrum arcanum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16894
Olophrum dejectum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16895
Olophrum celatum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16892, 16893
Acidota crenata Fabricius 1792 rove beetle
var. nigra; Coleman 16891
? Gymnusa absens n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16873
Quedius deperditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16874
Philonthus claudus n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16875, 16876
Lathrobium frustum Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16884-889
Lathrobium debilitatum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16881
Lathrobium inhibitum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16883
Cryptobium detectum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16877
Cryptobium cinctum Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16879
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Cymbiodyta exstincta n. sp.
Cymbiodyta exstincta n. sp. Scudder 1900 water scavenger beetle
Coleman 16912
 Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
"Protogyrininus confinis n. gen. n. sp." = Protogyrininus sculpturatus
"Protogyrininus confinis n. gen. n. sp." = Protogyrininus sculpturatus Mjöberg 1905 whirligig beetle
Coleman 16913
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
"Coelambus disjectus n. sp." = Hygrotus disjectus, "Coelambus derelictus n. sp." = Hygrotus derelictus, Hydroporus inanimatus n. sp., Hydroporus sectus, Agabus perditus n. sp.
"Coelambus disjectus n. sp." = Hygrotus disjectus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16899
"Coelambus derelictus n. sp." = Hygrotus derelictus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16900, 16901
Hydroporus inanimatus n. sp. Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16903
Hydroporus sectus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16905
Agabus perditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16898, 16906
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Platynus interglacialis n. sp., Platynus desuetus, Platynus halli, Platynus exterminatus n. sp., Platynus longaevus n. sp., Loricera exita n. sp., "Bembidium damnosum n. sp." = Bembidion damnosum, "Patrobus decessus" = Patrobus stygicus, Pterostichus depletus n. sp., Pterostichus fractus, Pterostichus abrogatus, Pterostichus dormitans, Harpalus conditus n. sp., Bembidium vanum n. sp., Bembidium vestigium n. sp., Bembidium praeteritum n. sp.
Platynus interglacialis n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16773
Platynus desuetus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16796
Platynus halli Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16774, 16776
Platynus exterminatus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16803
Platynus longaevus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16772
Loricera exita n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16813
"Bembidium damnosum n. sp." = Bembidion damnosum Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16827
"Patrobus decessus" = Patrobus stygicus Chaudoir 1872 ground beetle
Coleman 16784-786, 789, 790
Pterostichus depletus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16809
Pterostichus fractus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16792
Pterostichus abrogatus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16779
Pterostichus dormitans Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16792
Harpalus conditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16804
Bembidium vanum n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16795
Bembidium vestigium n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16808
Bembidium praeteritum n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16828