Dinokanaga dowsonae

†Dinokanaga dowsonae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Mecoptera

Subordo:Pistillifera
Superfamilia:Panorpoidea
Familia: †Dinopanorpidae
Genus: †Dinokanaga
Species: †D. dowsonae

Name

• †Dinokanaga dowsonae Archibald, 2005

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; "Horsefly shales", Unnamed group, British Columbia, Canada

Type Material

• Holotype: 2003.2.6 CDM 030a,b
  • Repository: Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: S. Bruce Archibald, September 2001
• Paratypes: 2003.2.5 CDM 027a,b; 2003.2.5 CDM 028a,b; 2003.2.5 CDM 029a,b
  • Repository: Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• Paratype: SR 94-05-09
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, Unites States

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is in honour of Shelley Dowson, who collected and donated a paratype, in recognition of her fieldwork, and long-standing assistance to fieldwork in the Okanagan Highlands."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
  • Eocene Okanagan Highlands
    • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; Falkland area sites, Thompson-Nicola region, British Columbia, Canada
    • Unnamed sediments group; Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales"; Horsefly Mine Upper Beds (L88, UA locality H2, Horsefly 2), Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada
    • Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Corner Lot (UWBM A0307, A0307A, A0307B), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

References

• Archibald, S.B. 2005. New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(2): 119–136. doi:10.1139/e04-073. ISSN 0008-4077.  Reference page.