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
"Coelambus disjectus n. sp." = Hygrotus disjectus, "Coelambus derelictus n. sp." = Hygrotus derelictus, Hydroporus sectus, Hydroporus inanimatus n. sp., Agabus perditus n. sp.
"Coelambus disjectus n. sp." = Hygrotus disjectus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16899
"Coelambus derelictus n. sp." = Hygrotus derelictus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16900, 16901
Hydroporus sectus Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16905
Hydroporus inanimatus n. sp. Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16903
Agabus perditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 predaceous diving beetle
Coleman 16898, 16906
 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 - Carabidae
"Patrobus decessus" = Patrobus stygicus, "Bembidium damnosum n. sp." = Bembidion damnosum, Pterostichus depletus n. sp., Pterostichus fractus, Pterostichus dormitans, Pterostichus abrogatus, Harpalus conditus n. sp., Bembidium vanum n. sp., Bembidium vestigium n. sp., Bembidium praeteritum n. sp., Loricera exita n. sp., Platynus exterminatus n. sp., Platynus longaevus n. sp., Platynus interglacialis n. sp., Platynus desuetus, Platynus halli
"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
Pterostichus depletus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16809
Pterostichus fractus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16792
Pterostichus dormitans Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16792
Pterostichus abrogatus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16779
Harpalus conditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16804
Bembidium vanum n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16795
Bembidium vestigium n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16808
Bembidium praeteritum n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16828
Loricera exita n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16813
Platynus exterminatus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16803
Platynus longaevus n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16772
Platynus interglacialis n. sp. Scudder 1900 ground beetle
Coleman 16773
Platynus desuetus Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16796
Platynus halli Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Coleman 16774, 16776
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Quedius deperditus n. sp., Philonthus claudus n. sp., Olophrum dejectum n. sp., Olophrum celatum n. sp., Olophrum arcanum n. sp., Arpedium stillicidii, Acidota crenata, ? Gymnusa absens n. sp., Cryptobium detectum n. sp., Cryptobium cinctum, Lathrobium debilitatum n. sp., Lathrobium inhibitum n. sp., Lathrobium frustum
Quedius deperditus n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16874
Philonthus claudus n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16875, 16876
Olophrum dejectum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16895
Olophrum celatum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16892, 16893
Olophrum arcanum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16894
Arpedium stillicidii Scudder 1895 rove beetle
Coleman 16896, 16897
Acidota crenata Fabricius 1792 rove beetle
var. nigra; Coleman 16891
? Gymnusa absens n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16873
Cryptobium detectum n. sp. Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16877
Cryptobium cinctum Scudder 1900 rove beetle
Coleman 16879
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
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Cymbiodyta exstincta n. sp.
Cymbiodyta exstincta n. sp. Scudder 1900 water scavenger beetle
Coleman 16912
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Anthonomus fossilis
Anthonomus fossilis Scudder 1900 snout beetle
Coleman 16846, 847