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 96.9.x
Primary reference: R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel. 2011. The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber. Systematic Entomology 36:192-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122389: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Conostigmus cavannus n. sp.6
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Procleptes eoliami n. sp.8
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Tagsmiphron canadense n. sp.2
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Albertocryptus dossenus n. gen. n. sp.9, Pareubaeus incertus n. sp.9, Pareubaeus rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.9
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Ceratopogonidae indet.1, Heleageron arenatus1, Atriculicoides sp.1, Atriculicoides globosus1, Leptoconops primaevus1, Culicoides sp.1, ? Culicoides sp.1, Culicoides filipalpis1, ? Peronehelea sp.1, Peronehelea chrimikalydia1, Palaeobrachypogon sp.1, ? Palaeobrachypogon sp.1, Palaeobrachypogon vetus1, Stilobezzia pikei n. sp.1, Protoculicoides depressus1
Culicoides sp.1 Latreille 1809 biting midge TMP 96.9.91, 108, 112, 119, 118, 125, 739, 747, 749, 1095, 100, 138
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Canadopeza biacrosticha n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Orchestina albertensis n. sp." = Canadaorchestina albertensis10
"Orchestina albertensis n. sp." = Canadaorchestina albertensis10 Penney 2006 goblin spider RTMP 96.9.627 (formerly RTMP 78.14.3)
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