Lake Erie near Cleveland (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Ohio (41.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 81.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; unlithified siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by George J. Hinde

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, 2. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(1):27-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152574: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2013, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

• Specimens incorrectly listed at Scarborough locality by Scudder, 1890 but corrected to Lake Erie near Cleveland in 1895.
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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidium fragmentum n. sp., Pterostichus dormitans n. sp., Helophorus rigescens n. sp.
Bembidium fragmentum n. sp. Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Pterostichus dormitans n. sp. Scudder 1890 ground beetle
Helophorus rigescens n. sp. Scudder 1890 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrochus amictus n. sp.
Hydrochus amictus n. sp. Scudder 1890 water scavenger beetle