Nicola river: Ypresian, Canada
collected by G.M. Dawson 1877
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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? Elateridae indet.
Leach 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| GSC 60 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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? Cryptohypnus terrestris n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ligmargus terrestris | ||||||||||
| GSC 59, and another referred to this species (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Buprestidae
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Buprestis tertiaria n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| GSC 48, 51(52), 54 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Buprestis sepulta n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| GSC 53 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Buprestis saxigena n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| GSC 47(54), 49, 50, 55, 56 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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? Cercyon terrigena n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| GSC 57 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Nebria paleomelas n. sp.
Scudder 1879
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Amara paleomelas | ||||||||||
| GSC 58 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 50.1° North, 120.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.8° North, 103.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Princeton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Below main coal seam." Scudder, 1890 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | G.M. Dawson | Collection dates: | 1877 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122190 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-12-18 17:42:43 | Last modified: | 2014-08-08 11:25:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-18 17:42:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48988. | S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 5136 | ETE 848 | S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/L. Edwards] |