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, specimens with accession numbers 91.148.x
Primary reference: O. E. Heie and E. M. Pike. 1992. New aphids in Cretaceous amber from Alberta (Insecta, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 124:1027-1053 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122387: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protoisotoma "form 2"1, Protoisotoma "form 3"1, Protoisotoma sp.1, Protoisotoma micromucra n. gen. n. sp.1
Protoisotoma "form 2"1 Christiansen and Pike 2002 springtail TMP 91.148.482 (5 specimens), 769 (2 spec), 31, 764 (2 spec), 481
Protoisotoma micromucra n. gen. n. sp.1 Christiansen and Pike 2002 springtail TMP 91.148.482 (6 specimens), 714
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Pseudoxenylla fovealis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Insecta | |
Mesopachymerus antiqua n. gen. n. sp.6
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Albertoberotha leuckorum n. gen. n. sp.3
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Cretamyzus pikei n. gen. n. sp.
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Calgariaphis unguifera n. gen. n. sp., Campaniaphis albertae n. gen. n. sp., Mesozoicaphis canadensis n. sp., Mesozoicaphis electri n. gen. n. sp., Mesozoicaphis tuberculata n. sp., Mesozoicaphis parva n. sp., Albertaphis longirostris n. gen. n. sp.
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Cretaceomira phalanx n. gen. n. sp.5
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