Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde 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

• "Mr. George J. Hinde has discovered vegetable and animal remains in thin seams in clay beds which he regards as interglacial, lying as they do upon a morainal till of a special character and overlain by till of another and quite distinct kind." Scudder, 1890

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by George J. Hinde

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. Description of two species of Carabidae found in the interglacial deposits of Scarboro Heights, near Toronto, Canada. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:763-764 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122182: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donacia pompatica n. sp.1, Donacia stiria n. sp.1
Donacia pompatica n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 leaf beetle
Hinde 14566, 14573, 14577, 14581, 14582
Donacia stiria n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 leaf beetle
Hinde 14558
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"? Hylastes squalidens n. sp." = Phloeosinus squalidens2
"? Hylastes squalidens n. sp." = Phloeosinus squalidens2 Scudder 1890 bark beetle
larval mines in tree branch
 Coleoptera -
Loricera glacialis n. sp.
Loricera glacialis n. sp. Scudder 1877 weevil
Hinde 16416(16417)
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Arpedium stillicidii n. sp.2, Geodromicus stiricidii n. sp.2, Oxyporus stiriacus n. sp.1, Bledius glaciatus n. sp.1, Lathrobium interglaciale n. sp.1
Arpedium stillicidii n. sp.2 Scudder 1895 rove beetle
Hinde 14511
Geodromicus stiricidii n. sp.2 Scudder 1895 rove beetle
Hinde 14537
Oxyporus stiriacus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 rove beetle
Hinde 14552
Bledius glaciatus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 rove beetle
Hinde 14540
Lathrobium interglaciale n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 rove beetle
Hinde 14555
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
"? Loricera lutosa n. sp." = Aegialia lacustris1
"? Loricera lutosa n. sp." = Aegialia lacustris1 Le Conte 1850 scarab beetle
Hinde 14559
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Platynus desuetus n. sp.1, Platynus harttii n. sp.1, Platynus casus n. sp.1, Platynus halli n. sp.1, Platynus dilapidatus n. sp.2, Platynus dissipatus n. sp.1, Platynus hindei n. sp.1, "Patrobus gelatus n. sp." = Patrobus stygicus1, "Loxandrus gelidus n. sp." = Pterostichus gelidus, Pterostichus destructus n. sp.1, Pterostichus fractus n. sp.1, Pterostichus abrogatus n. sp.1, Pterostichus destitutus n. sp.1, Bembidium glaciatum n. sp.1, Elaphrus irregularis n. sp.1
Platynus desuetus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14477, 478, 486, 516, 526, 538
Platynus harttii n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14475, 14480
Platynus casus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14523
Platynus halli n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14520, 524, 525
Platynus dilapidatus n. sp.2 Scudder 1895 ground beetle
Hinde 14513
Platynus dissipatus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14515, 14563
Platynus hindei n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14512, 514, 518, 528, 533, 544, 546, 554, 562
"Patrobus gelatus n. sp." = Patrobus stygicus1 Chaudoir 1872 ground beetle
Hinde 14586
"Loxandrus gelidus n. sp." = Pterostichus gelidus Scudder 1877 ground beetle
Hinde 14521, 16418
Pterostichus destructus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14519, 14549
Pterostichus fractus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14532
Pterostichus abrogatus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14560
Pterostichus destitutus n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14522
Bembidium glaciatum n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14536, 14541
Elaphrus irregularis n. sp.1 Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Hinde 14527
1Scudder 1890; 2Scudder 1895