Cedar Lake (ROM collection) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Canadian amber

Where: Manitoba, Canada (53.5° N, 100.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 62.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collected by J.B. Tyrrell in 1890,1891; reposited in the ROM

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Original collection from 1937 paper

Primary reference: F. M. Carpenter, J. W. Folsom, E. O. Essig, A. C. Kinsey, C. T. Brues, M. W. Boesel, and H. E. Ewing. 1937. Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40:7-62 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122356: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Metriocnemus cretatus n. sp., Spaniotoma conservata n. sp., "Spaniotoma (Smittia) veta n. sp." = Smittia veta
Metriocnemus cretatus n. sp. Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 59 (2 specimens), 13
Spaniotoma conservata n. sp. Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 31 (2 specimens)
"Spaniotoma (Smittia) veta n. sp." = Smittia veta Boesel 1937 non biting midge
ROM 45, 68
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Heleageron arenatus1, Atriculicoides sp.1, "Lasiohelea globosa n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus, "Lasiohelea cretea n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus, "Atrichopogon canadensis n. sp." = Culicoides canadensis, Culicoides obuncus1, Culicoides filipalpis1, "Dasyhelea tyrrelli n. sp." = Culicoides tyrrelli, "Ceratopogon aquilonius n. sp." = Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius, Palaeobrachypogon remmi1, Palaeobrachypogon vetus1, Protoculicoides depressus n. gen. n. sp.
Heleageron arenatus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-11-3
Atriculicoides sp.1 Remm 1976 biting midge
ROM 53
"Lasiohelea globosa n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 33, 47
"Lasiohelea cretea n. sp." = Atriculicoides globosus Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 4, 36
"Atrichopogon canadensis n. sp." = Culicoides canadensis Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 35
Culicoides obuncus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-II-59
Culicoides filipalpis1 Remm 1976 biting midge
ROM 55
"Dasyhelea tyrrelli n. sp." = Culicoides tyrrelli Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 28 (2 males), 48
"Ceratopogon aquilonius n. sp." = Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 61
Palaeobrachypogon remmi1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM 73
Palaeobrachypogon vetus1 Borkent 1995 biting midge
ROM CL-II-58
Protoculicoides depressus n. gen. n. sp. Boesel 1937 biting midge
ROM 6
 Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae
Baeomorpha dubitata n. gen. n. sp., Baeomorpha ovatata2
Baeomorpha dubitata n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 chalcid wasp
ROM 37 and CL-11-99 Tyrrel coll
Baeomorpha ovatata2 Yoshimoto 1975 chalcid wasp
CL-11-96,106 Tyrrell coll
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites paradoxus n. gen. n. sp.
Serphites paradoxus n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 7, 71
 Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum2, "Ooctonus minutissimus n. sp." = Archaeromma minutissimum
"Archaeromma nearctica" = Archaeromma nearcticum2 Yoshimoto 1975 false fairy wasp
CL-11-39, J.B. Tyrrell coll
"Ooctonus minutissimus n. sp." = Archaeromma minutissimum Brues 1937 false fairy wasp
ROM 54
 Hymenoptera -
Proteroscelio antennalis n. gen. n. sp., Baryconus fulleri n. sp.
Proteroscelio antennalis n. gen. n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 56
Baryconus fulleri n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 51
 Hymenoptera - Protimaspidae
Protimaspis costalis n. gen. n. sp.
Protimaspis costalis n. gen. n. sp. Kinsey 1937 wasp
ROM 39
 Hymenoptera -
"? Lygocerus dubitatus n. sp." = Dendrocerus dubitatus
"? Lygocerus dubitatus n. sp." = Dendrocerus dubitatus Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 69
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Neoblacus facialis n. sp., Pygostolus patriarchicus n. sp., "Diospilus allani n. sp." = Diorhyssalus allani
Neoblacus facialis n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 46
Pygostolus patriarchicus n. sp. Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 16
"Diospilus allani n. sp." = Diorhyssalus allani Brues 1937 wasp
ROM 3
 Hemiptera - Canadaphididae
Canadaphis carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.
Canadaphis carpenteri n. gen. n. sp. Essig 1937 aphid
ROM 30
Collembola
 Entomobryomorpha - Protentomobryidae
Protentomobrya walkeri n. gen. n. sp.
Protentomobrya walkeri n. gen. n. sp. Folsom 1937 springtail
ROM 64
Arachnida
 Acariformes - Erythraeidae
Erythraeidae indet.
Erythraeidae indet. Robineau-Desvoidy 1828 mite
ROM 8
 Acariformes - Bdellidae
Bdella vetusta n. sp.
Bdella vetusta n. sp. Ewing 1937 mite
1Borkent 1995; 2Yoshimoto 1975