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