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Paleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands

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Not to be confused withPaleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands.

Thepaleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands consists ofEarly Eocene arthropods, vertebrates, plus rare nematodes and molluscs found ingeological formations of the northwestern North AmericanEocene Okanagan Highlands. The highlands lake bed series' as a whole are considered one of the great CanadianLagerstätten. The paleofauna represents that of alate Ypresian upland temperate ecosystem immediately after thePaleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, and before the increased cooling of the middle and late Eocene to Oligocene. The fossiliferous deposits of the region were noted as early as 1873, with small amounts of systematic work happening in the 1880-90s on British Columbian sites, and 1920-30s for Washington sites. Focus and more detailed descriptive work on the Okanagan Highlands site started in the last 1970's. Most of the highlands sites are preserved ascompression-impression fossils in "shales", but also includes a rarepermineralized biota and anamber biota.

Paleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands is located in British Columbia
Driftwood
Driftwood
Horsefly
Horsefly
McAbee
McAbee
Hat Creek
Hat Creek
Falkland
Falkland
Quilchena
Quilchena
Princeton
Princeton
Republic
Republic
Major Eocene Okanagan Highlands sites

Extent

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The 1,000 km (620 mi) series of lacustrine deposits are located across the CentralBritish Columbia, Canada southeast to northern centralWashington state, United States. grouped informally into "Northern", "Central", and "Southern" sites.[1] The Northern sites consist of unnamedOotsa Group formations which outcrop as the"Driftwood shales" nearSmithers, British Columbia, the "Horsefly shales", of an unnamed formation and unnamed group which outcrop aroundHorsefly, British Columbia,[1] and possibly sites now considered lost in theQuesnel, British Columbia area,[2] The Central sites representKamloops Group formations with theMcAbee Fossil Beds,Tranquille River site andFalkland site, all in theTranquille Formation, theQuichena site andStump Lake site in theColdwater Beds and outcrops of theChu Chua Formation nearBarriere, British Columbia. The Southern sites include thePrinceton GroupAllenby Formation sites surroundingPrinceton, British Columbia, such as "Nine Mile Creek", "One Mile Creek", "Pleasant Valley", "Thomas Ranch", "Vermilian Bluffs", and "Whipsaw Creek". ThePenticton GroupsKettle River,Marama andMarron Formations in theBoundary District along the Canada-United States border are closely correlated with theKlondike Mountain Formation across the border.[3] The most southerly of the Okanagan Highlands lakes, the Klondike Mountain Formation in NorthernFerry County, Washington include the "Boot Hill site", "Corner Lot site", "Gold Mountain site", "Knob Hill site", and "Mount Elizabeth site".[1]

There is debate as to the affiliation of the, potentially lost, Quesnel sites with the Greater Okanagan Highlands. Archibaldet al. (2018) in a monograph of the Highlands Hymenoptera families included them as part of the series.[4] However the certainty for the placement was questioned earlier by Eberleet al. (2017)[5] and Archibald and Cannings (2022) who opted to tentatively exclude Quesnel from the highlands while discussing the history of field collecting in the region.[2]

Paleofauna

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C. bittaciformis
C. brooksi
Cimbrophlebia species
Fur Formation (left), Okanagan Highlands (right)

The Okanagan highlands represent a snapshot of lake, wetlands, and montane forest animal life which existed approximately15 million years ago after theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. The temperate upland lakes hosted insects, fish, birds, and mammals with the notably well preserved megafossils often retaining insect colour patterns, gnat wing membrane hairs, and whole bird feathers.[6] In some cases the fine detail preservation of soft parts allows for the preservation of internal anatomy.[7]

Archibald and Makarkin (2006) suggested thedisjunct distribution of genera between the Danishwestern Limfjord coastsFur Formation and theOkanagan highlands may have been enabled by rising crust elevations in the northern Atlantic region and subsequent increase in landmass during theLate Paleocene which linked Northern Europe with Greenland until at least theEarly Eocene.[8] Several land bridge routes may have acted as migration corridors forbiotic interchange, the northernDe Geer land bridge fromFennoscandia to North America via northern Greenland, and the southernThulean land bridge from northern Britain though the Faroe Islands and then Greenland and North America. Several insect genera share disjunct distributions between the highlands and Limfjord including themecopteranCimbrophlebia, thegiant lacewingPalaeopsychops, thegreen lacewingProtochrysa, thebull dog antYpresiomyrma.[8]

TheHat Creek Amber deposits in the central region provide evidence for small and microbiotic elements of the Okanagan Highlands forests though entombed organisms such at terrestrialnematodes andmicrowasps that otherwise would likely not be preserved in the lake environments.[9] The highlands as a whole have been described as one of the "Great CanadianLagerstätten"[6] based on the diversity, quality and unique nature of the biotas that are preserved. The highlands temperate biome, preserved across a large transect of lakes, recorded many of the earliest appearances of modern genera, while also documenting the last stands of ancient lines.[6]David Grimaldiet al. (2018) during discussion of inclusions in AlaskanChickaloon amber, noted the Okanagan Highlands record of latitudinal extinctions, specifically the modern southern hemisphere endemic groupsEomeropidae mecopterans andMyrmeciinae bulldog ants.[10]

Lithology

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The majority of the lake deposits arecompression fossils in lake bed sediments noted for both the paleofauna andpaleofloras, with an additional pair of important non-compression biotas. A permineralizedchert flora, thePrinceton Chert is found along the Similkameen River interbedded with coal deposits of the Ashnola shale unit, Allenby Formation known for anatomically preserved plants.[11] In the Central sites,subbituminous coal of theHat Creek Coalfield aroundHat Creek hosts an entombment biota, theHat Creek amber, which preserves highlands faunal elements that are not found in the compression biotas.[9][4] Initial discussion of the amber presented byGeorge Poinar, Jr.et al. (1999) suggested the Hat Creek amber producing tree was likely to be anaraucarian tree in the genusAgathis, based on unreportedmagnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis and earlier reports of the genus in Mesozoic Canada.[12] A purported occurrence ofAraucaria at the McAbee site was used as additional support for the ambers origin.[13] TheAgathis origin for Canadian Mesozoic amber was later called into question by Ryan McKellar and Alexander Wolfe (2010) based on a lack of any araucarian macrofossil history in the northern hemisphere[12] the McAbee fossils having been already reidentifed as from the cupressaceousCunninghamia.[13] Based onFourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis and associated amber inclusion fossils, they suggested the Mesozoic ambers of Canada to be from the extinctcupressaceous genusParataxodium.[12] The origin of the Hat Creek ambers was further noted as likely from a cupressaceous source by Grimaldiet al. (2018) who call out a primary floral component of the host coal beingMetasequoia and that the coevalPuget GroupTiger Mountain amber of Washington state is also ofMetasequoia origins. They hypothesize that the major amber producing plant of the Paleocene Pacific Northwest forests asMetasequoia, but note that further investigation of Chickaloon, Hat Creek, Coalmont, and Tiger Mountain ambers would be needed.[10]

Mollusks

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Mollusks are a rare component of the highlands, usually being mentioned only in passing, such as by Mark Wilson (1977, 1978),[14][15] and with fossils being reported from three sites only. A series of species were described from several Allenby Formation sites around Princeton by Russell (1957), who documented 4 gastropod species, and tentatively identified to genus another gastropod and a bivalve.[16] Additional unidentified small bivalve fossils were mentioned from the Pleasant Valley site by Wilson (1977) and the Quilchena site by Wilson (1987),[17] while unidentified gastropods were briefly mentioned by Kathleen Pigget al. (2018).[18]

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Hydrobiidae

Micropyrgus

Micropyrgus camselli[16]

  • Princeton

A hydrobiid mud snail

Micropyrgus camselli (left)

Lymnaeidae

Stagnicola

Stagnicola tulameenensis[16]

  • Princeton

A lymnaeine pond snail

Stagnicola tulameenensis
Physidae

Aplexa

Aplexa ricei[16]

  • Princeton

An aplexine bladder snail

Aplexa ricei

Physa

Physa saxarubrensis[16]

  • Princeton

A physine bladder snail

Physa saxarubrensis
Planorbidae

Ferrissia

Ferrissia arionoides[16]

  • Princeton

An ancylinine ramshorn snail

Ferrissia arionoides (right)

Gyraulus?

Indeterminate[16]

  • Princeton

A possible planorbinine ramshorn snail
Not described to species

Gyraulus? sp (center)

Sphaeriidae

Sphaerium?

Indeterminate[16]

  • Princeton

A possible sphaeriine fingernail clam
Not described to species

Sphaerium? sp.

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[14][17]

  • Quilchena
  • Princeton

Unidentified freshwaterbivalves.

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[18]

  • Republic

Unidentified freshwatergastropods.

Undescribed gastropod

Nematodes

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In the initial description of Hat Creek Amber, Poinaret al. make note of nematode specimens found in the deposit, with a brief commentary regarding them as the oldest terrestrial free-living nematode fossils to have been found up to that point, but did not give any specific taxonomic identification beyond that.[9]

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Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

Unidentified terrestrial specimens in amber

Arachnids

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A single arachnid has been described fully from the Okanagan highlands, theNursery web spiderPalaeoperenethis thaleri, known from an adult male. This spider was likely aquatic as are the other members of the family, and based on morphological similarities, it was possibly closer in relation to African and Asian species in thePerenethis genus group then to the only modern genus in British ColumbiaDolomedes.[19] Another spider specimen,University of Alberta 5007 was noted by Wilson (1977) from the Kamloops area, while various spiders have been attributed to the McAbee fossil beds.[20] Undescribed male and femaleorb-web spiders were figured by Wehr (1998) from the Princeton area.[21] Unspecified spider compression fossils were mentioned as occurring in passing by David Greenwoodet al. (2005) while discussing the increasing taxonomic richness of the highlands, but without specific site information.[22] Additionally, undiscussed amber fossils were mentioned by Poinaret al. (1999) in their initial report of Hat Creek amber inclusions.[9] Other arachnid evidence has been recovered in the form of fossilhymenopterans placed in families known predate or parasitize spiders. A diverse undescribed fauna of the "parasitoid" wasp familyIchneumonidae is known, some species of which are known to parasitize eggs or adult spiders. Another family,Sphecidae, which is a documented opportunistic predator of spiders and certain insects is known from a few isolated fossils at McAbee and Republic. Lastly thevespoid familyPompilidae has been found at both McAbee and Republic. This family, known as spider wasps, are behaviorally specialized as predators of spiders and a few other arachnids, provisioning newly laid eggs with a single spider as a larder to feed on while developing.[4] Galling preserved onAcer species leaf fossils has been attributed tomites in the familyEriophyidae.[23]

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Araneidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[21]

  • Princeton

Anorb-weaver spider
Not described to genus/species

Pisauridae

Palaeoperenethis

Palaeoperenethis thaleri[19]

  • Horsefly

ANursery web spider

Eriophyidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[23]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
Eriophyid gall mite galling onAcer leaves
Not described to genus/species

UnidentifiedUnidentified

Unidentified[24][20]

  • "Kamloops sites"
    Tranquille or Falkland
  • McAbee

Spider Compression fossils from Kamloops area locations
Not described to family/genus/species

Unidentified[24]

  • McAbee

PossibleAraneidae? orTetragnathidae? fossils
Not described to family/genus/species

Unidentified[22]

  • Unspecified

Spider compression fossils from unspecified highlands locations
Not described to family/genus/species

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

Spider specimens in amber
Not described to family/genus/species

Crustaceans

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The earliest report of Crayfish from the highlands was byWesley Wehr andLisa Barksdale (1995). In a shortWashington Geology article they reported the first identified occurrence of feathers from the Klondike Mountain Formation and crayfish from both there and the McAbee site. At that time, themoulted carapace section from Republic was not identified further than as a freshwater crayfish. The McAbee specimen was tentatively identified, from photograph, as being a possibleProcambarus species fossil bymalacologistRodney M. Feldmann.[25] Subsequently an additional series of over ten fossils were recovered from McAbee and described in 2011 asAenigmastacus crandalli by Feldmann,Carrie Schweitzer, and John Leahy.A. crandalli was placed in the southern hemisphere superfamilyParastacoidea based on several morphological characters, and they noted this species to be the only northern hemisphere member of the superfamily.[26]

At the Quilchena site, brief mention was reported in 2016 ofostracod fossils, though no further discussion or description has happened.[27]

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Parastacidae

Aenigmastacus

Aenigmastacus crandalli[26]

  • McAbee

Aparastacidcrayfish.
first illustrated asProcambarus sp. (1995)[25][26]

unidentified

Unidentified

unidentified[25]

  • Republic

An unidentified crayfish

Crayfish moult
undescribed

unidentified

Unidentified

unidentified[28][27]

  • Quilchena

Unidentified ostracod shells

Insects

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Blattodea

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In the initial description of Hat Creek Amber, Poinaret al. make note of a single adultCorydiinae cockroach specimen found in the amber, with a brief commentary on the modern tropical-subtropical distribution of that subfamily and a lack of any native cockroach species in western Canada, but did not give any specific taxonomic identification for the specimen beyond that.[9]

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Blaberidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27][22]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

UndescribedDiplopterinecockroaches.

Blattoidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Ablattoideancockroach
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed Blattoidea

Corydiidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

An undescribedcorydiine cockroach

Hodotermitidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

Harvester termites
Not described to genus/species

Mastotermitidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][14][22][20]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton

Darwintermites
Not described to genus/species

undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Undescribedtermites of uncertain affiliation

undescribed isopteran

Coleopterans

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The order Coleoptera is divided into four major lineages,Adephaga,Archostemata,Myxophaga, andPolyphaga, with the last group being the most species diverse of the four. Hat Creek amber has provided one fully described beetle speciesPrionocerites tattriei,[30] which is known from a larval stage specimen first reported by Poinaret al. (1999).[9] The species and genus were the first North American taxon from the family to be described.[30]

Adephaga

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Carabidae

Amara

Amara paleomelas[31]

  • Quilchena

Asun beetle
First described asNebria paleomelas[32]

Amara paleomelas
(1890 illustration)

Cf.Amara

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Asun beetle relative

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][33][27][20]

  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Undescribedground beetles.

Unidentified Carabidae

Dytiscidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Adiving beetle

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • Princeton

Acaraboid superfamily beetle
Displays traits similar to bothtiger beetles andscarabs
not identified to genus or species

Archostemata

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Cupedidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Reticulated beetles
Not described to genus/species

Polyphaga

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Cucujiformia
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Brentidae

Eoceneithycerus

Eoceneithycerus carpenteri[34]

  • Republic

AnIthycerinaeweevil

Eoceneithycerus carpenteri

Ithyceroides

Ithyceroides klondikensis[35]

  • Republic

AnIthycerinaeweevil

Cerambycidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][33][20]

  • McAbee
  • Quilchena?
  • Republic

long-horn beetles
Not described to genus/species

Chrysomelidae

Cryptocephalites

Cryptocephalites punctatus[36]

  • Princeton

Acryptocephalineleaf beetle[37]

Cryptocephalites punctatus
(1895 illustration)

Galerucella

Galerucella picea[32]

  • Princeton

Aleaf beetle

Galerucella picea
(1890 illustration)

CaryobruchusSpeciomerus genus group

Undescribed[38]

  • Driftwood?
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

palm beetles, originally identified ascf. tribeCaryopemina.[27]

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][20]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

leaf beetles
Not described to genus/species

Curculionidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][33][27][20]

  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Undescribed weevils

Mordellidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Pintail beetles
Not described to genus/species

Prionoceridae

Prionocerites

Prionocerites tattriei[30]

  • Hat Creek

APrionocerid beetle
Described from a larval specimen
First reported by Poinaret al. (1999 Fig.7) as "A beetle larva"

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrio

Tenebrio primigenius[32]

  • Princeton

Adarkling beetle

Tenebrio primigenius
(1890 illustration)

Cf.Cleridae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Undescribedcheckered beetle relatives

Cf.Erotylidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Undescribedpleasing fungus beetle relatives.

Unidentified

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • Republic

Acucujiform beetle
not identified to family

Elateriformia
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BuprestidaeBuprestis

Buprestis saxigena[32][36]

  • Quilchena

Ajewel beetle

Buprestis saxigena
(1890 illustration)

Buprestis sepulta[32]

  • Quilchena

Ajewel beetle

Buprestis sepulta
(1890 illustration)

Buprestis tertiaria[32]

  • Quilchena

Ajewel beetle

Buprestis tertiaria
(1890 illustration)

Cantharidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • McAbee(?)
  • Princeton

Asoldier beetle
not identified to genus or species

Elateridae

Ligmargus

Ligmargus terrestris[39]

  • Quilchena

Aclick beetle
First described asCryptohypnus? terrestris[32]

Ligmargus terrestris
(1890 illustration)

Limonius

Limonius impunctus[36][39]

  • Princeton

aclick beetle

Limonius impunctus
(1895 illustration)

Elaterites

undescribed[36]

  • Quilchena

Aclick beetle.

Elateridae sp. indet
(1890 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][33][20]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

undescribedclick beetles

Scarabaeiformia
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Lucanidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[29][33]

  • Republic

Astag beetle

Passalidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Bess beetles
Not described to genus/species

Trogidae

Trox

Trox oustaleti[32]

  • Princeton

Ahide beetle

Trox oustaleti
(1890 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][27]

  • Quilchena

Undescribedscarab superfamily beetles.

Staphyliniformia
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Hydrophilidae

Cercyon?

Cercyon? terrigena[32]

  • Quilchena

Awater scavenger beetle

Cercyon? terrigena
(1890 illustration)

Staphylinidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

UndescribedOmaliinaerove beetles.

Unidentified

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • Republic

A possiblestaphylinoid beetle
not described

Dermapterans

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Earwig fossils were first noted from republic bypaleoentomologist Standley Lewis (1992) in his initial report of the insect diversity at Republic. He noted the fossils to be some of the oldest Eocene demapterans in North America at that time and figured one undescribed specimen consisting of a females abdomen section andcerci.[29] Lewis (1994) tentatively identified the earwigs as members of familyForficulidae based on the shape of the cerci, and illustrated four female fossils, identified as such from the simple straight nature of the cercus. Lewis also suggested two different species were present, based on the differing lengths of the female cerci.[40]

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?ForficulidaeUndescribed

"Forficulid species 1"[40]

  • Republic

Aforficulid? earwig species with long cerci

"Forficulid species 1"
undescribed

"Forficulid species 2"[40]

  • Republic

Aforficulid? earwig species with short cerci

"Forficulidae species 2"
undescribed

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

A possibleforficulid earwig
Not described to genus/species

Forficulidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Aforficuline earwig of undetermined placement

Dipterans

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The most common animal fossils at many of the highlands sites arebibionidmarch flies,[22] with over twenty species from the generaPenthetria andPlecia described.[41] The modern diversity of the family is greatest in lower latitudes, andPlecia only reaches northward to the warm temperate areas of southeastern North America.[22] In the initial description of Hat Creek Amber, Poinaret al. make note of dipteran inclusions found in the deposit but did not give any specific taxonomic identification of taxa or illustrate any specimen.[9]

Brachycera

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Agromyzidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[42]

  • Princeton

Trace fossils
Agromyzid leaf mining
Not described to genus/species

Dolichopodidae

Microphor

Microphor defunctus[43]

  • Princeton

Along-legged fly
First described asMicrophorus defunctus (1910),[44]
Moved toMicrophor defunctus (1994)[43]

Microphor defunctus
(1910 illustration)

Empididae

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][33]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Republic

dagger flies
Not described to genus/species

Pipunculidae

Metanephrocerus

Metanephrocerus belgardeae[45]

  • Republic

Abig headed fly

Metanephrocerus belgardeae

Indeterminate

indeterminate[27][45]

  • Quilchena

Big headed flies,
too incomplete to describe to genus

Rhagionidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • Quilchena

snipe flies
Not described to genus/species

Syrphidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[24][27][20][46]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

hover flies or, less likely,thick headed flies
Not described to genus/species

Nematocera

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The highlands have been noted for the number of Bibionid taxa named in the early work on British Columbian sites. Over 25 unique species have been ascribed to the fossils, with the current count sitting at 22, but doubt has been raised as to the true number of species present and around the generic affinities. The first species was described by Scudder (1879 from the Allenby Formation, while the largest number of species were named by Handlirsch (1910). Following the practice of the time, both Scudder and Handlirsch placed their species in the genusPenthetria. Harrington Molesworth Anthony Rice (1959) reviewed the British Columbian bibionids, notably deeming the majority of species as belonging toPlecia or an undescribed extinct genus and notPenthetria.[41] This placement decision has been questioned however, with Giuseppe Gentilini (1991) asserting the majority of highlands species should be returned toPenthetria.[47] Rice, noted to be a "splitter",[14] also noted the large overlap between the morphology of two species groups and mused that larger collection samples may reveal each group to be single species. He called out in the species discussions the similarities betweenPlecia avus,P. canadensis,P. dilatata,P. pictipennis,P. pulchra, andP. transitoria, and the similarities betweenP. curtula,P. nana,P. pulla, andP. reducta.[41]

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Bibionidae

Penthetria?

Penthetria? fryi[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Princeton

A possiblepenthetrianmarch fly

Penthetria (?) fryi
Penthetria

Penthetria intermedia[41]

  • Driftwood

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asMycetophaetus intermedius (1892),[48]
moved toPlecia intermedia (1959)[41] moved toPenthetria intermedia (1999)[49]

Penthetria whipsawensis[41]

  • Princeton

Apenthetrianmarch fly

Penthetria whipsawensis
Plecia

Plecia angustipennis[41]

  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria angustipennis (1910),[44] moved toPlecia angustipennis (1959)[41]

Plecia angustipennis

Plecia avus[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Tranquille
  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria avus (1910),[44] moved toPlecia avus (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. canadensis,Pl. dilatata,Pl. pictipennis,Pl. pulchra, andPl. transitoria[41]

Plecia avus

Plecia cairnesi[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland

Aplecianmarchfly

Plecia cairnesi

Plecia canadensis[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Quilchena?
  • Princeton
  • Tranquille

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria canadensis (1910),[44] moved toPlecia canadensis (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. avusPl. dilatata,Pl. pictipennis,Pl. pulchra, andPl. transitoria[41]

Plecia canadensis

Plecia curtula[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria curtula (1910),[44] moved toPlecia curtula (1959)[41]
Pe. avunculus (1910) considered a jr synonym (1959)
Possibly synonymous withPl. nana,Pl. pulla, andPl. reducta[41]

Plecia curtula

Plecia dilatata[41]

  • Horsefly
  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria dilatata (1910),[44] moved toPlecia dilatata (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. avus,Pl. canadensis,Pl. pictipennis,Pl. pulchra, andPl. transitoria[41]

Plecia dilatata

Plecia elatior[41]

  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria elatior (1910),[44] moved toPlecia elatior (1959)[41]

Plecia elatior

Plecia kelownaensis[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Mission Creek

Aplecianmarchfly

Plecia kelownaensis

Plecia minutula[41]

  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly

Plecia minutula

Plecia nana[41]

  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria nana (1910),[44] moved toPlecia nana (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. curtula,Pl. pulla, andPl. reducta[41]

Plecia nana

Plecia pictipennis[41]

  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria pictipennis (1910),[44] moved toPlecia pictipennis (1959)[41]
Pe. lambei (1910),Pe. ovalis (1910), &Pe. separanda (1910) considered jr synonyms (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. avus,Pl. canadensis,Pl. dilatata,Pl. pulchra, andPl. transitoria[41]

Plecia pictipennis

Plecia platyptera[41]

  • Horsefly

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria platyptera (1910),[44] moved toPlecia platyptera (1959)[41]

Plecia platyptera

Plecia pulchra[41]

  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria pulchra (1910),[44] moved toPlecia pulchra (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. avus,Pl. canadensis,Pl. dilatata,Pl. pictipennis, andPl. transitoria[41]

Plecia pulchra

Plecia pulla[41]

  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria pulla (1910),[44] moved toPlecia pulla (1959)[41]
Pe. brevipes (1910) considered a jr synonym (1959)
Possibly synonymous withPl. curtula,Pl. nana, andPl. reducta[41]

Plecia pulla

Plecia reducta[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria reducta (1910),[44] moved toPlecia reducta (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. curtula,Pl. nana, andPl. pulla[41]

Plecia reducta

Plecia similkameena[32]

  • Princeton
  • Tranquille

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria similkameena (1879)[32] moved toPlecia similkameena (1885)[50]

Plecia similkameena

Plecia transitoria[41]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton
  • Tranquille

Aplecianmarchfly
First described asPenthetria transitoria (1910),[44] moved toPlecia transitoria (1959)[41]
Pe. falcatula (1910) &Pe. fragmentum (1910) considered jr synonyms (1959)[41]
Possibly synonymous withPl. avus,Pl. canadensis,Pl. dilatata,Pl. pictipennis, andPl. pulchra[41]

Plecia transitoria

Plecia tulameenensis[41]

  • Princeton
  • Tranquille

Aplecianmarchfly

Plecia tulameenensis

Undescribed

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Amarch fly
Not described to genus/species

Bibionidae
undescribed

Bolitophilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Abolitophilid fungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Cecidomyiidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[42]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

Trace fossils
Cecidomyiid midge galling on various host leaves
Not described to genus/species

Cecidomyiidae gall onPrunus

Cylindrotomidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

long-bodied craneflies
Not described to genus/species

Keroplatidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

A possiblekeroplatid fungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Limoniidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

Limoniid craneflies
Not described to genus/species

Mycetophilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Agnoristinefungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Aleiinefungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Amycetophilinefungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Amycomyiinefungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed[46]

  • Horsefly

Asciophilinefungus gnat
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][29][33][27][20]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton
  • Republic

fungus gnats unplaced to subfamily
Not described to genus/species

Ptychopteridae

Etoptychoptera

Etoptychoptera tertiaria[51]

  • Princeton

Aphantom cranefly

Etoptychoptera tertiaria
(1910 illustration)

Sciaridae

Unidentified

Unidentified[24][33]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

dark-winged fungus gnats
Not described to genus/species

Tipulidae

Tipula

Tipula tulameena[44]

  • Princeton

Acranefly

Tipula tulameena
(1910 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][29][33][27][20][46]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

crane flies
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed Tipulidae

Trichoceridae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

winter craneflies
Not described to genus/species

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

Unidentified dipteran specimens in amber

Ephemeropterans

[edit]

Lewis (1992) listed one species ofHeptageniidae and three specimens that he did not place to family from Republic.[29] The next year Lewis and Wehr (1993) gave a slightly more detailed description of the specimens again identifying one to Heptageniidae, possibly in the generaHeptagenia orStenonema.[52] The specimens were later examined byNina D. Sinitchenkova (1999) who described one as asquaregill mayfly and the oldest member of the genusNeoephemera, confirmed the Heptageniidaeidentification but that it was unidentifiable to genus. The last specimen she confirmed as an ephemeropteran, but unidentifiable below order level.[53]

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Heptageniidae

Indeterminate

Indeterminate[53][20]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

Aflat headed mayfly
not identifiable to genus

Heptageniidaeincertae sedis

Neoephemeridae

Neoephemera

Neoephemera antiqua[53]

  • Republic

Asquaregill mayfly

Hemipterans

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Greenwoodet al. (2005) briefly discussed the prevalence ofAphid fossils at highlands sites where the taphonomic factors allowed for fine detail preservation such as in the Driftwood shales.[22] Poinaret al. (1999) made note of hemipteran specimens found in Hat Creek Amber but did not give any specific taxonomic identification or illustrate any specimens.[9]

Auchenorrhyncha

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FamilyGenusspeciesSitesNotesImages
AphrophoridaeAphrophora

Aphrophora angusta[44]

  • Princeton

Anaphrophorinespittle bug hindwing species.

Aphrophora angusta
(1910 illustration)

"Indeterminate"[54]

  • Princeton

Anaphrophorinespittle bug
not described to species.

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Anaphrophorid spittlebug
Not described to species.

Aphrophora species

Palaeoptysma

Palaeoptysma venosa[54]

  • Princeton

Aspittle bug

Palaeoptysma venosa
(1895 illustration)

Palaphrodes

"Indeterminate"[50]

  • Princeton

Anaphrophorinespittle bug
not described to species.

Petrolystra

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Anaphrophorid spittlebug
Not described to species.

Ptysmaphora

Ptysmaphora fletcheri[54]

  • Princeton

Aspittle bug

Ptysmaphora fletcheri
(1895 illustration)
CercopidaeCercopis

Cercopis grandescens[54]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Cercopis grandescens
(1895 illustration)

Cercopis selwyni[32]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Cercopis selwyni
(1890 illustration)

Cercopites

Cercopites torpescens[54]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Cercopites torpescens
(1895 illustration)

Dawsonites

Dawsonites veter[54]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Dawsonites veter
(1895 illustration)

Palecphora

Undescribed[50][29]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

Afroghopper
not described to species.

Stenecphora

Stenecphora punctulata[54]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Stenecphora punctulata
(1895 illustration)

Stenolocris

Stenolocris venosa[54]

  • Princeton

Afroghopper

Stenolocris venosa
(1895 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][29][27][20]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

cercopid froghoppers
Not described to genus/species.

undescribed Cercopidae
Cicadellidae

Coelidia

Coelidia columbiana[32]

  • Princeton

Aleafhopper

Coelidia columbiana
(1890 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][27][20]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

leafhoppers
Not described to genus/species.

Cicadidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

True cicadas
Not described to Family/genus/species

Cixiidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Acixiid planthopper
Not described to genus/species.

Fulgoridae

Enchophora

"Indeterminate"[54]

  • Princeton

Anenchophorinelantern bug
not described to species.

Ricaniidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27][20]

  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

Aricaniid planthopper
Not described to genus/species.

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[29]

  • Republic

Afulgoroidean hopper
Not described to family/genus/species.

Incertae sedis

Planophlebia

Planophlebia gigantea[55]

  • Princeton

A hemipteran[32] of uncertain placement

Planophlebia gigantea
(1890 illustration)

Heteroptera

[edit]
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Cf.Coreidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Relatives ofleaf-footed bugs
Not described to Family/genus/species

Cydnidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Acydnid burrowing bug
Not described to genus/species.

Dinidoridae

Megymenum

Undescribed[27][22]

  • Quilchena

Adinidoridshield bug
Not described to genus/species.

Gerridae

Gerris

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

gerrinewater striders
Not described to genus/species

Limnoporus

Limnoporus wilsoni[27][56]

  • Driftwood

Agerrinewater strider[57]

Telmatrechus

Telmatrechus defunctus[27][57]

  • Quilchena

Agerrinewater strider
First described as"Gerris" defunctus (1910)[44]

Telmatrechus defunctus
(1910 illustration)

Telmatrechus stali[27][57]

  • Princeton

Agerrinewater strider
First described as"Hygrotrechus" stali (1879),[32]
later moved to"Gerris" stali (1910)[44]

Telmatrechus stali
(1890 illustration)

Pentatomidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[24][29]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

AShield or stink bug
Not described to genus/species

undescribed Pentatomidae

Cf.Pentatomidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[27]

  • Quilchena

Pentatomoid shield bugs of uncertain familial placement
Not described to genus/species.

Sternorrhyncha

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AphididaeUndescribed

Undescribed[29][27][20]

  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Aphids
Not described to genus/species.

Undescribed[42]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
Woolly aphid leaf rolling onUlmus leaves
Not described to genus/species

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified

  • Driftwood

aphidoid specimens
Not described to genus/species

Unidentified

[edit]
FamilyGenusspeciesSitesNotesImages

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

Hemipterans in amber
Not identified in any finer taxonomic detail

Hymenopterans

[edit]

Archibald,Mathewes, & Aase (2023) reported aTitanomyrma species ant queen fromAllenby Formation, and noted the range extension forFormiciinae into the highlands, as the subfamily was previously considered a strictlythermophilic ant group. Due to complications arising from preservational distortion duringdiagenesis, they were unable to determine the correct size of the queen in life. If the distortion was lateral, then compression to bilateral symmetry yielded an adult length of approximately 3.3 cm (1.3 in), placing it the same range asFormicium berryi andF. brodiei, known only from wings, and suggested as possible males. Conversely stretching the fossil to bilateral symmetry results in a larger 5 cm (2.0 in) length estimate, placing it as comparable to queens ofT. lubei andT. simillima.[58]

Symphyta

[edit]
FamilyGenusspeciesSitesNotesImages
Cephidae

Cuspilongus

Cuspilongus cachecreekensis[4]

  • McAbee

Acuspilonginecephidsawfly

Undescribed

"Undescribed[4]

  • Horsefly

Acephinecephidsawfly
Not described to genus/species

Cimbicidae[4]

Allenbycimbex[59]

Allenbycimbex morrisae[59]

  • Princeton

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma[59]

Leptostigma alaemacula[59]

  • Republic

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma brevilatum[59]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma brevilatum?

Leptostigma fasciatum[59]

  • McAbee

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma longiclava[59]

  • McAbee

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma longipallidum[59]

  • McAbee

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma longitenebricum[59]

  • McAbee

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Leptostigma proxivena[59]

  • McAbee

Acenocimbicinecimbicid sawfly.

Unidentified

Unidentified[59]

  • McAbee

Acimbicid sawfly of indeterminate subfamily.

Pamphiliidae

Ulteramus

Ulteramus republicensis[60]

  • Republic

A parasitic wasp

Siricidae

Eourocerus

Eourocerus anguliterreus[61]

  • Republic

Asiricidhorntail.

Eourocerus anguliterreus

Ypresiosirex

Ypresiosirex orthosemos[4]

  • McAbee

Asiricinesiricidsawfly

Tenthredinidae

Eriocampa

Eriocampa tulameenensis[62][4]

  • Princeton

Anallantinetenthredinidsawfly

Eriocampa tulameenensis

Pseudosiobla

Pseudosiobla campbelli[62][4]

  • Horsefly

Anallantinetenthredinidsawfly

Pseudosiobla campbelli
Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Sawflys of thetenthredinid subfamilyAllantinae
Not described

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Sawflys of thetenthredinid subfamilyBlennocampinae
Not described

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Sawflys of thetenthredinid subfamilyNematinae
Not described

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Sawflys of thetenthredinid subfamilyTenthredininae
Not described

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Sawflys of the familyTenthredinidae, unplaced to subfamily
Not described

Parasitoida

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Braconidae

Bracon

Undescribed[32]

  • Princeton

ABracon sensu lato species wasp.

Bracon sp.
specimen 69&78
(1890 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

braconid parasitic wasps unplaced to subfamily
Not described to genus/species

Unidentified Braconidae

Cynipidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[42]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

Trace fossils
cynipidCynipoid gallwasp
galling on various host leaves
Not described to genus/species

Cynipidae gall onPrunus

Cynipidae (?)

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][4]

  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

cynipidCynipoid gallwasps
Not described to species

Diapriidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Republic

diapriiddiaprioid wasps
Not described to genus/species

Figitidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

figitidcynipoid wasps
Not described to genus/species

Heloridae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

heloridproctotrupoid wasps
Not described

Ichneumonidae

Xorides

Xorides lambei[44]

  • Princeton

Axoridineichneumon parasitic wasp
First described asXylonomus lambei.

Xorides lambei
(1910 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][4]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton
  • Republic

ichneumonid parasitic wasps unplaced to subfamily
Not described

Undescribed Ichneumonidae

Megaspilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Hat Creek

ceraphronoidMegaspilid parasitic wasps
Not described

Monomachidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

monomachiddiaprioid wasps
Not described

Peradeniidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

peradeniidproctotrupoid wasps
Not described

Proctotrupidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Republic

proctotrupid parasitic wasps
Not described

Roproniidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

roproniid (sensu lato)proctotrupoid wasps
Not described

incertae sedis[4]Undescribed

Undescribed

  • Driftwood
  • Hat Creek
  • McAbee

Chalcidoid superfamily wasps
Not described to family/genus/species

Undescribed[4]

  • Hat Creek

mymarommatoid microhymenopterans
Not described to family/genus/species

Non-apoidean Aculeates

[edit]
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Chrysididae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Chrysidoid wasps of thechrysidid subfamilyChrysidinae
Not described to genus/species

Pompilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][4]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

pompilidspider wasps
Not described

Scoliidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][4]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

Scoliid wasps of the subfamilyArchaeoscoliinae
Not described

Trigonalidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Falkland
  • Quilchena

trigonalid parasitic wasps
Not described

Vespidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Vespid wasps
Not described

Formicoidea

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subfamilyGenusspeciesSitesNotesImages
Dolichoderinae

Dolichoderus

Undescribed[4]

  • Hat Creek

Dolichoderus species ants.[4] Not described to species

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Dolichoderine ants.[4] Not described to genus/species

Formiciinae

Titanomyrma

Indeterminate[58]

  • Princeton

Aformiciine titan ant.
Unplaced to species

Titianomyrma sp.
Formicinae

Eoecophylla

Eoecophylla quilchenensis[63]

  • Quilchena

Aweaver ant
related to modernOecophylla
The most abundant ants at Quilchena

Oecophylla

Oecophylla kraussei[64]

  • Republic

Aweaver ant
first described asCamponotites kraussei[65][4][63]

Indeterminate

indeterminate[63]

  • McAbee

Aweaver ant tribe worker
Possibly belonging to either †Eoecophylla orOecophylla

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Hat Creek

Formicinae subfamily ants.[4]
Not described to species
First published asTechnomyrmex by Poinaret al., (1999)

MyrmeciinaeAvitomyrmex

Avitomyrmex elongatus[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Avitomyrmex mastax[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Avitomyrmex systenus[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Macabeemyrma

Macabeemyrma ovata[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Myrmeciites

Myrmeciites? goliath[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Myrmeciites? tabanifluviensis[66][4]

  • Horsefly

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Myrmeciites herculeanus[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

"Indeterminate"[66][4]

  • Falkland
  • Republic

bull dog ants
not distinct to species

Myrmeciities sp.

Propalosoma

Propalosoma gutierrezae[64]

  • Republic

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant, first described as arhopalosomatid wasp.[4]

Propalosoma gutierrezae
Ypresiomyrma

Ypresiomyrma bartletti[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Ypresiomyrma orbiculata[66][4]

  • McAbee

Amyrmeciinebulldog ant.[4]

Ypresiomyrma orbiculata

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Myrmeciinae ants.[4] Not described to species

Myrmicine

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Hat Creek

Myrmicine ants of eitherLeptothorax orTetramorium[4] Not described to species

Incertae sedis

Klondikia

Klondikia whiteae[67][4]

  • Republic

An ant of uncertain subfamily placement[4]

Undescribed

Undescribed[33][4]

  • Driftwood
  • Hat Creek
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

Ants of uncertain subfamily placement.[4]

Unidentified formicidae

Apoidea

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AngarosphecidaeEosphecium

Eosphecium naumanni[4]

  • Quilchena

Aspheciform wasp.

Undescribed[4]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Republic

Spheciform wasps.
Not described to species

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

Spheciform wasps, likely notEosphecium.
Not described to species

Apidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee

Apid bees
Not described to species

Halictidae (?)

Halictus?

Halictus? savenyei[4]

  • Quilchena

Asweat bee of uncertain generic placement

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

sweat bees
Not described

Megachilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Republic

Megachilid leaf-cutter beeherbivorytrace fossils on leaves
Not described to species

Megachilidae damage onPrunus

Sphecidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

Sphecid (sensu stricto) wasps
Not described

Lepidoptera

[edit]

A solitary complete adult femalelepidopteran fossil has been recovered, but no full descriptive work has been published on the specimen, aside from a single PhD dissertation.[33] Early examination placed the moth in the familyGeometridae, but later work has identified it as the oldest member of thetiger moth subfamilyArctiinae.[68] Two additional isolated wing fossils have been found with one tentatively placed withinNoctuidae based on the wing venation and structure,[33] while the second has not been placed beyond order level.[69] Laval mining and hole feeding damage on leaves has been attributed to the familiesColeophoridae,Gracillariidae,Heliozelidae,Incurvariidae, andNepticulidae[42][70]

FamilyGenusspeciesSitesNotesImages

Coleophoridae

Cf.Coleophora

Undescribed[42][69]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
Coleophorid hole feeding and larval cases similar toColeophora
Not described to genus/species

Erebidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[68]

  • Republic

Anarctiinetiger moth
Not described to genus/species

Arctiinae
undescribed

Gracillariidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[42][20]

  • McAbee

Trace fossils
Gracillariid leaf mining similar toPhyllocnistinae subfamily mines
Not described to genus/species

Heliozelidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[42][70]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
heliozelid leaf mining similar toAntispila mines
Not described to genus/species

Incurvariidae

Aff.Incurvaria

Undescribed[42]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
incurvariid leaf mining similar toIncurvaria
Not described to genus/species

Nepticulidae

Stigmella

Undescribed[42]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
nepticulid leaf mining referred toStigmella
Not described to genus/species

Pyralidae?

Stigmella

Undescribed[42]

  • Republic

Trace fossils
nepticulid leaf mining referred toStigmella
Not described to genus/species

Noctuidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[33]

  • Quilchena

A possibleowlet moth
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[69]

  • Princeton chert

A lepidopteran forewing
Not described to family/genus/species

Mecopterans

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Bittacidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

hangingfly specimens
Not described to genus/species

CimbrophlebiidaeCimbrophlebia

Cimbrophlebia brooksi[71]

  • Republic

ACimbrophlebiid scorpionfly

Cimbrophlebia brooksi

Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis[71]

  • McAbee

ACimbrophlebiid scorpionfly

Cimbrophlebia leahyi[71]

  • McAbee

ACimbrophlebiid scorpionfly

Cimbrophlebia westae[71]

  • Republic

ACimbrophlebiid scorpionfly

Cimbrophlebia westae
DinopanorpidaeDinokanaga

Dinokanaga andersoni[72]

  • Republic

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

Dinokanaga andersoni

Dinokanaga dowsonae[72]

  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Republic

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

Dinokanaga dowsonae

Dinokanaga hillsi[72]

  • McAbee

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

Dinokanaga sternbergi[72]

  • Republic

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

Dinokanaga webbi[72]

  • Horsefly

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

Dinokanaga wilsoni[72]

  • Princeton

ADinopanorpid scorpion fly

EomeropidaeEomerope

Eomerope eonearctica[73]

  • McAbee

AnEomeropid scorpionfly

Eomerope macabeensis[74]

  • McAbee

AnEomeropid scorpionfly

Eomerope simpkinsae[73]

  • Princeton

AnEomeropid scorpionfly

EorpidaeEorpa

Eorpa elverumi[75]

  • Republic

Aneorpid scorpionfly

Eorpa elverumi

Eorpa jurgeni[75]

  • Quilchena

Aneorpid scorpionfly

Eorpa ypsipeda[75]

  • Falkland?
  • McAbee
  • Republic?

Aneorpid scorpionfly

Eorpa sp. possiblyE. ypsipeda[75]

Holcorpidae

Holcorpa

Holcorpa dillhoffi[76]

  • McAbee

Aholcorpid scorpionfly

Panorpidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[75]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

Undescribedcommon scorpionflies
Not described to genus/species

Neuropterans

[edit]
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Berothidae

Microberotha

Microberotha macculloughi[13]

  • Hat Creek

Abeaded lacewing

ChrysopidaeAdamsochrysa

Adamsochrysa aspera[77]

  • McAbee

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Adamsochrysa wilsoni[77]

  • Republic

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Adamsochrysa wilsoni
Archaeochrysa

Archaeochrysa profracta[77]

  • McAbee

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Archaeochrysa sanikwa[78]

  • Driftwood

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Lithochrysa

Lithochrysa borealis[79]

  • Driftwood

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Okanaganochrysa

Okanaganochrysa coltsunae[77]

  • McAbee

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Protochrysa

Protochrysa fuscobasalis[77]

  • McAbee

Alimaiinegreen lacewing

Pseudochrysopa

Pseudochrysopa harveyi[77]

  • Driftwood

Anothochrysinegreen lacewing

Corydasialidae

Ypresioneura

Ypresioneura obscura[80]

  • McAbee

Acorydasialidlacewing
First suggested to be amegalopterans, later deemed aneuropteran.

Hemerobiidae

Archibaldia

Archibaldia wehri[81][82][83]

  • Republic

Ahemerobiid lacewing
originally placed in †Cretomerobius
Moved to †Proneuronema (2016)
Moved to †Archibaldia (2023)

Wesmaelius

Wesmaelius mathewesi[81]

  • Quilchena

Ahemerobiinebrown lacewing.

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Brown lacewing specimens
Not described to genus/species

Ithonidae

Allorapisma

Allorapisma chuorum[84]

  • Republic

An Ithonid groupmoth lacewing

Allorapisma chuorum
Palaeopsychops

Palaeopsychops barthae[85]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops barthae

Palaeopsychops dodgeorum[86]

  • Quilchena

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing
First mentioned by Archibald & Mathewes 2000 as cf Osmylidae or Polystoechotidae

Palaeopsychops douglasae[86]

  • Quilchena

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops goodwini[85]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops goodwini

Palaeopsychops marringerae[86]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops marringerae

Palaeopsychops setosus[86]

  • Horsefly

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops timmi[86]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Palaeopsychops timmi

Palaeopsychops sp. indet[85]

  • McAbee

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing
Too poorly preserved to assign to species.

Palaeopsychops sp. indet.
Polystoechotites

Polystoechotites barksdalae[86]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Polystoechotites barksdalae

Polystoechotites falcatus[86]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Polystoechotites falcatus

Polystoechotites lewisi[86]

  • Republic

A polystechotid groupmoth lacewing

Polystoechotites lewisi

Ricaniella

Ricaniella antiquata[87]

  • Princeton

A Polystoechotid-groupmoth lacewing[88]
moved fromRicania antiquata (1895)[89]

Ricaniella antiquata
(1895 illustration)

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Polystoechotid-groupmoth lacewings
Not described to genus/species

Nymphidae

Epinesydrion

Epinesydrion falklandensis[90]

  • Falkland

Asplit-footed lacewing, possibly sister species to †Nymphes georgei

Nymphes

Nymphes(?) georgei[91]

  • Republic

Asplit-footed lacewing
Possibly related toEpinesydrion

Nymphes georgei
OsmylidaeOsmylidia

Osmylidia donnae[92]

  • Quilchena

Aprotosmylineosmylid lacewing

Osmylidia glastrai[92]

  • Republic

Aprotosmylineosmylid lacewing

Indeterminate[92]

  • Driftwood

Aprotosmylineosmylid lacewing,
not detailed enough for species description

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

osmylid lacewing specimens
Not described to genus/species

Psychopsidae?

Ainigmapsychops

Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus[93]

  • Republic

A possiblepsychopsid lacewing

Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[20]

  • McAbee

Members of an undescribed neuropteran family

Odonata

[edit]

Trace fossil evidence ofdamselflies has been recorded fromoviposition scars on various leaves from the Klondike Mountain Formation that have been placed in theichnogenusPaleoovoidus. Lewis and Carrol (1991) originally identified the damage on anAlnus parvifolia leaf as caused byleaf beetles of the genusAltica. This was later questioned byConrad Labandeira who noted the scar patterns did not match modernAltica egg laying behaviour.

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Aeshnidae

Antiquiala

Antiquiala snyderae[94]

  • Republic

Adarnerdragonfly

Antiquiala snyderae

Eoshna

Eoshna thompsonensis[94]

  • McAbee

Adarnerdragonfly

Idemlinea

Idemlinea versatilis[94]

  • Republic

Adarnerdragonfly

Idemlinea versatilis
Ypshna

Ypshna brownleei[94]

  • Republic

Adarnerdragonfly

Ypshna brownleei

Ypshna latipennata[94]

  • McAbee

Adarnerdragonfly

Dysagrionidae

Dysagrion

Dysagrion pruettae[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Dysagrion pruettae
Dysagrionites

Dysagrionites allenbyensis[96]

  • Princeton

A probabledysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Dysagrionites allenbyensis

Dysagrionites delinei[95]

  • Republic

A probabledysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Dysagrionites delinei
Okanagrion

Okanagrion angustum[95]

  • McAbee

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion beardi[95]

  • McAbee

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion dorrellae[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion dorrellae

Okanagrion hobani[95]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion hobani

Okanagrion liquetoalatum[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion liquetoalatum

Okanagrion lochmum[95]

  • McAbee

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion threadgillae[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion threadgillae

Okanagrion worleyae[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanagrion worleyae
Okanopteryx

Okanopteryx fraseri[95]

  • McAbee

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanopteryx jeppesenorum[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Okanopteryx jeppesenorum

Okanopteryx macabeensis[95]

  • McAbee

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Paradysagrion

Paradysagrion sosbyae[96]

  • Republic

Adysagrionidcephalozygopteranodonate

Paradysagrion sosbyae

Stenodiafanus

Stenodiafanus westersidei[95]

  • Republic

ADysagrioninecephalozygopteranodonate

Stenodiafanus westersidei

Cf.Dysagrionidae

Allenbya

Allenbya holmesae[2]

  • Princeton

A possibleDysagrionidae odonate.
Not to be confused with thePrinceton ChertwaterlilyAllenbya

Allenbya holmesae

Euphaeidae

Republica

Republica weatbrooki[97]

  • Republic

Agossamerwingdamselfly.
Not to be confusedRepublica,
a plant genus also from Republic

Republica weatbrooki

Gomphidae

Auroradraco

Auroradraco eos[94]

  • McAbee

Aclub-taileddragonfly

Whetwhetaksidae

Whetwhetaksa

Whetwhetaksa millerae[95]

  • Republic

A possiblecephalozygopteranodonate

Whetwhetaksa millerae

Orthoptera

[edit]
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Acrididae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

Catanopineshort-horned grasshopper specimens
Not described to genus/species

Gryllacrididae?

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

Possibleleaf-rolling cricket specimens
Not described to genus/species

Promastacidae

Promastax

Promastax archaicus[44]

  • Horsefly

APromastacidgrasshopper

Promastax archaicus
(1910 illustration)
Palaeorehniidae

Republicopteron

Republicopteron douseae[98]

  • Republic

Apalaeorehniidensiferan.

Republicopteron douseae

Ypopteron

Ypopteron nicola[98]

  • Quilchena

Apalaeorehniidensiferan.
First identified as aprophalangopsinegrig[27]

Prophalangopsidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

grig specimens
Not described to genus/species

Tettigoniidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

katydid specimens
Not described to genus/species

Phasmatodea

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Susumaniidae

Eoprephasma

Eoprephasma hichensi[99]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

ASusumaniinesusumanioidstick insect

Plecoptera

[edit]
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Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[20]

  • McAbee

stonefly specimens
Not described to family/genus/species

Psocodea

[edit]

The only reported Psocodea fossils from the highlands are known from Hat Creek amber. They were mentioned, as "Psocoptera", in passing by Poinaret al. (1999) who did not give any finer taxonomic detail or illustrate any specimens.[9]

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Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

specimens in amber
Not described to genus/species

Raphidiopterans

[edit]
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Inocelliidae

Paraksenocellia

Paraksenocellia borealis[100]

  • Driftwood

Aninocelliidsnakefly

Raphidiidae

Archiinocellia

Archiinocellia oligoneura[101]

  • Horsefly

ARaphidiidsnakefly

Archiinocellia oligoneura
Megaraphidia

Megaraphidia antiquissima[101]

  • McAbee

ARaphidiidsnakefly

Megaraphidia hopkinsi[101]

  • Princeton

ARaphidiidsnakefly

Megaraphidia klondika[101]

  • Republic

Araphidiidsnakefly

Megaraphidia ootsa[101]

  • Driftwood

Araphidiidsnakefly

Thrysanoptera

[edit]

Poinaret al. (1999) illustrated aThrips specimen in Hat Creek amber and noted the presence of the order in the fossils they examined, however they did not provide any finer taxonomic details on the affinities of the fossils.[9]

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Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[9]

  • Hat Creek

specimens in amber
Not described to genus/species

Trichoptera

[edit]

Trichopterans are known mainly from laraval cases and occasional isolated wings.[27]

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Limnephilidae

Unidentified

unidentified[29]

  • Republic

northern caddisflies
Not described to genus/species

Phryganeidae

Unidentified

Unidentified[29][27]

  • Quilchena
  • Republic

giant caddisflies
Not described to genus/species

Phryganeidae larval case

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified[24][27][20]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

Isolated wings and larval cases
Not described to genus/species

Vertebrates

[edit]

"Fish"

[edit]

The first fish to be described from the Okanagan Highlands were recovered from Allenby Formation shales and subsequently studied byEdward Drinker Cope who namedAmyzon brevipinne in1894. The next descriptive work for a fish came in1916 with the naming of"Lucious" rosei byLouis Hussakof from Tranquille Formation fossils collected at "Red point" on Kamloops Lake in 1914.[102]"Lucious" rosei was redescribed in 1966 by Ted Cavander, who moved the species to a new genusEohiodon placed into the mooneye familyHiodontidae. The largest body of work for fish of the Highlands was by Mark Wilson (1977) who published a monograph detailing the Canadian highlands formations fish fauna, naming four new species in three new genera, plus redescribing both"Amyzon" brevipinne and"Eohiodon" rosei. The monograph added the families Salmonidae withEosalmo driftwoodensis, Libotoniidae withLibotonius blakeburnensis, and Moronidae withPriscacara aquilonia.[24] A year later the first species from the Republic area,"Eohiodon" woodruffi was described by Wilson,[103] and the second Republic speciesLibotonius pearsoni followed in 1979.[104] in 1982 the final new fish species named from the highlands,Amia hesperia, was described, being initially placed by Wilson in the modern bowfin genusAmia.[105] This placement was later questioned by Lance Grande and William Bemis (1998), who noted that due to preservational orientation of theA. hesperia holotype, generic placement of the species was problematic. Phylogenetic analysis ofAmiidae fossils by Grande and Bemis found the fossil as a member of the amiinae subfamily, but with key mouth anatomy missing, were unable to determine ifAmia or the extinct genusCyclurus was correct.[106] In 2021 fossils of"Amyzon" brevipinne were redescribed by Juan Liu based on the holotype and additional fossils from the Allenby Formation, and based on the anatomical differences between the species and the type species ofAmyzon mentale determined that the Princeton fossils were part of a different genus. As such Liu moved the species to the new genusWilsonium.[107]

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AmiidaeAmia?

Amia? hesperia[105]

  • Princeton

Abowfin of uncertain genus placement[106]

Amia? hesperia?[28][105]

  • Driftwood
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

isolatedbowfin scales[106]

Amia? scale
CatostomidaeAmyzon

Amyzon aggregatum[24][108]

  • Horsefly
  • Republic?

Asucker

Unidentified[24][108][107][20]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Republic

Asucker
Republic specimens formerly identified asA. aggregatum[24]

Amyzon sp.
Wilsonium

Wilsonium brevipinne[24][109][107]

  • Princeton

Acatostomid sucker,
first described asAmyzon brevipinne (1894)
Moved toWilsonium brevipinne in2021

Cf.Wilsonium brevipinne[17][28][107]

  • Quilchena

Acatostomid sucker,
Not described to species
similar toWilsonium brevipinne

HiodontidaeHiodon

Hiodon rosei[24][103][110][20]

  • Horsefly
  • Kamloops Lake
  • McAbee
  • Princeton

Amooneye, first described asLucious rosei (1916),
Moved toEohiodon rosei in1966,
Moved toHiodon rosei in2008[103][110]

Hiodon woodruffi[103][110]

  • Horsefly
  • Republic

Amooneye, first described asEohiodon woodruffi.[103]
Moved toHiodon woodruffi in2008[110]

Hiodon woodruffi

Unidentified[28]

  • Quilchena

Amooneye jaw.
Not identified to species

LibotoniidaeLibotonius

Libotonius blakeburnensis[24]

  • Princeton

Asand roller relative.

Libotonius pearsoni[104]

  • Republic

Asand roller relative.

Libotonius pearsoni

Moronidae

Priscacara

Priscacara aquilonia[24]

  • Horsefly

Atemperate bass

SalmonidaeEosalmo

Eosalmo driftwoodensis[24][111][20]

  • Driftwood Canyon
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A basalSalmon

Eosalmo driftwoodensis

Cf.Eosalmo driftwoodensis[17][28]

  • Quilchena

A basalSalmon
Not described to species
Similar toE. driftwoodensis

Reptiles

[edit]

The only reptile fossils known from the Okanagan highlands come from the Allenby Formation. A soft-shelled turtle is known from the "Ashnola shales" unit and unidentified turtle bone are known from the interbeddedPrinceton Chert. The soft shelled turtle was first discovered by James Basinger from dark shale layers above the chert and reported by Wilson (1982).[105] The unidentified turtle bones were found preserved within the chert layers and first reported by Stockey and Pigg (1994).[112] In his 1995 Masters thesis, G. Guthrie listed an isolated tooth from the Quilchena site as from acrocodile, which would have been the only instance of acrocodylian in the highlands.[28] The taxonomic affinity was later revised after further examination and Matheweset al. (2016) listed the specimen as an unidentified fish tooth.[113]

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Trionychidae

Cf.Apalone orAspideretes

undescribed[105][114][22][20]

  • Princeton

Asoft shelled turtle
Found in the Ashnola shales over the chert

Undescribed

Undescribed

undescribed[112]

  • Princeton chert

Aturtle,
Bones preserved in the Princeton Chert

Birds

[edit]

A small avifauna is known from the Okanagan Highlands, but due to the incomplete nature of the fossils, placement of studied specimens has been tentative at best.[115]Gerald Mayret al. (2019) published an initial overview of the fossils with descriptions and commentary of the material, noting the taxa identified were all previously unknown to Northwestern North American Eocene sites. Despite the tentative nature of the fossil identifications, the Highlands sites are the richestPaleogene avifauna described from Canada. Mayret al. (2019) posited that the fossils likely represent the more common species in the avifauna of the Highlands, but at the same time, include taxa that are considered rare or absent in the most studied avifaunas from the same time frame.[115] Additional evidence of birds at some sites consists of preservedegested bird pellets, which are composed of randomly grouped fish bone clumps, occasionally including multiple fish or insects.[28]

Isolated feathers are also known from several of the sites and have not described in detail.[115]

Order/CladeFamilyMaterialSitesNotesImages

Cf.Coliiformes[115]

indeterminate

partial skeleton
skull, left wing, and right wing portions

  • Driftwood

a large possibleColiiform,
too incomplete for firm identification

Cf.Gaviiformes[115]

indeterminate

left wing and partial right wing, with feathers

  • McAbee

a possiblegaviiform,
too incomplete for firm identification

Gruiformes[115]

Cf.Songziidae

articulated postcranial skeleton

  • Driftwood

A possiblesongziid bird,
lacking specific morphologic characters for a firm placement.

Psittacopasserae[115]

Cf.Zygodactylidae

complete, but poorly preserved, skeleton

  • McAbee

a possiblezygodactylid,
poor preservation of thefoot prevented firm identification

indeterminate[115]

indeterminate

partial skeletons

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

partial skeletons missing details for identification.
Republic specimen shows unique cranial pitting.

Indeterminate skeleton
McAbee site

indeterminate[17][28][20][115]

indeterminate

feathers

  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

isolated feathers

unidentified feather, Republic

Mammals

[edit]

Eocene mammals are exclusively known from sites in, or possibly in, the Okanagan Highlands. The earliest reported mammals were of teeth from the Princeton area in 1935, with one of the fossils subsequently being "lost". More recent work in 2014 and 2017 on fossils from Driftwood and Princeton have expanded the mammal families to three, possibly four, and an undescribed Quilchena fossil being identified as a "lipotyphla".[116][5] The record ofBrontotheriidae is uncertain due to the split opinion regarding inclusion of the Quesnel area sediments as part of the Highlands.[5][4][2]

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Erinaceidae

Silvacola

Silvacola acares[116]

  • Driftwood

Ahedgehog and moonrat relative

Entomolestes

undescribed[116][5]

  • Princeton

An unidentified hedgehog relative,
specimen possibly lost.

EsthonychidaeTrogosus

Trogosus latidens[117][105][5]

  • Princeton

Atillodont species

Trogosus sp.[5]

  • Princeton

An indeterminatetillodont
smaller thanT. latidens

Trogosus hyracoides reconstruction

Helaletidae

Cf.Heptodon

indeterminate[116]

  • Driftwood

Ahelaletidtapir relative.

Heptodon posticus reconstruction

undescribed

undescribed

undescribed[5]

  • Quilchena

A "lipotyphlan"

Trace fossils

[edit]

Pellets of fish bone and other animal material which were likely eaten by larger predators and then regurgitated have been reported from the Quilchena and Republic sites. These traces, calledregurgitalites, have so far been understudied, with only a few passing mentions in Okanagan highlands literature.[115]

Quesnelian fauna

[edit]

If the Quesnel sites are included as part of the Greater Okanagan Highlands per Archibaldet al. (2018) the fauna of the region is expanded by a number of insect taxa, an additional arachnid, and a brontothere.

Quesnelian Arachnids

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Araneae

Araneaovoius

Araneaovoius columbiae[118]

  • Quesnel

Anorb-web spideregg sack.
First described as"Aranea" columbiae (1878)[119]

Araneaovoius columbiae
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Coleopterans

[edit]
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Nitidulidae

Prometopia

Prometopia depilis[120]

  • Quesnel

Asap beetle

Prometopia depilis
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Dipterans

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Anthomyiidae

Anthomyia

Anthomyia burgessi[120][50]

  • Quesnel

Ananthomyiid fly.
Considerednomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).[121]

Anthomyia burgessi
(1890 illustration)

Anthomyia inanimata[120]

  • Quesnel

Ananthomyiid fly.
Considerednomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).[121]

Anthomyia inanimata
(1890 illustration)

Asilidae

Undescribed

Undescribed[32]

  • Quesnel

An undescribedrobber fly

Dolichopodidae

Dolichopus

Undescribed[120]

  • Quesnel

An undescribedlong-legged fly.

Dolichopus sp.
specimen 14651
(1890 illustration)

Heleomyzidae

Heteromyza

Heteromyza senilis[120]

  • Quesnel

Aheleomyzid fly.

Heteromyza senilis
(1890 illustration)

Lauxaniidae

"Lonchaea"

"Lonchaea" senescens[43]

  • Quesnel

Alauxaniid fly. First placed inLonchaea[120]
Referred to Lauxaniidae without redescription.(1994)

"Lonchaea" senescens
(1890 illustration)

Mycetophilidae

Boletina

Boletina sepulta[120]

  • Quesnel

Afungus gnat.

Boletina sepulta
(1890 illustration)

Brachypeza

Brachypeza abita[120]

  • Quesnel

Amycetophilinefungus gnat.

Brachypeza abita
(1890 illustration)

Brachypeza procera[120]

  • Quesnel

Amycetophilinefungus gnat.

Brachypeza procera
(1890 illustration)

Trichonta

Trichonta dawsoni[120]

  • Quesnel

Amycetophilinefungus gnat.

Trichonta dawsoni
(1890 illustration)

Pallopteridae

Palloptera

Palloptera morticina[120]

  • Quesnel

Aflutter-wing fly.

Palloptera morticina
(1890 illustration)

Sciaridae

Sciara

Sciara deperdita[119]

  • Quesnel

Asciarinedark-winged fungus gnat.

Sciara deperdita
(1890 illustration)

Sciomyzidae

Sciomyza

Sciomyza revelata[120]

  • Quesnel

Amarsh fly.

Sciomyza revelata
(1890 illustration)

Ulidiidae

Lithortalis

Lithortalis picta[120]

  • Quesnel

Apicture-winged fly.

Lithortalis picta
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Hemipterans

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Pentatomidae

Teleoschistus

Teleoschistus antiquus[50]

  • Quesnel

Ashield bug
first described as"Euschistus" antiquus (1878).[119]

Teleoschistus antiquus
(1890 illustration)

Incertae sedis

Geranchon

Geranchon petrorum[50]

  • Quesnel

Anaphidomorph of uncertain placement
First described as"Lachnus" petrorum (1877)[120]

Geranchon petrorum
(1890 illustration)

incertae sedis

Sbenaphis

Sbenaphis quesneli[50]

  • Quesnel

Anaphidoid of uncertain placement
First described as"Lachnus" quesneli[119]

Sbenaphis quesneli
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Hymenopterans

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Formicidae

Aphaenogaster

Aphaenogaster longaeva[120]

  • Quesnel

Amyrmicine ant, possiblynomen dubium.[122]

Aphaenogaster longaeva
(1890 illustration)

Calyptites

Calyptites antediluvianum[120]

  • Quesnel

Anant of uncertain placement.

Calyptites antediluvianum
(1890 illustration)

Dolichoderus

Dolichoderus obliteratus[123]

  • Quesnel

Adolichoderine ant
First described as"Hypoclinea" obliterata[120]

Dolichoderus obliteratus
(1890 illustration)

Formica

Formica arcana[120]

  • Quesnel

Aformicine ant

Formica arcana
(1890 illustration)

Ichneumonidae

Pimpla

Pimpla decessa[120]

  • Quesnel

Apimplineichneumon parasitic wasp

Pimpla decessa
(1890 illustration)

Pimpla saxea[120]

  • Quesnel

Apimplineichneumon parasitic wasp

Pimpla saxea
(1890 illustration)

Pimpla senecta[120]

  • Quesnel

Apimplineichneumon parasitic wasp

Pimpla senecta
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Neuroptera

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Hemerobiidae

Bothromicromus

Bothromicromus lachlani[119]

  • Quesnel

Ahemerobiid lacewing of uncertain subfamily placement

Bothromicromus lachlani
(1890 illustration)

Quesnelian Mammals

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Brontotheriidae

indeterminate

indeterminate[124]

  • Quesnel

ABrontotheriina subtribe Brontothere
Not identifiable to genus
Known from isolated teeth

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