Dinokanaga hillsi

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: †Dinokanaga hillsi

Name

• Dinokanaga hillsi Archibald, 2005

Type Material

• Holotype: RTMP 8339.1132 (well-preserved female)
  • Repository: Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
    • Collector: Len Hills, May–June 1984
• Paratype: 2003.2.7 CDM 031a,b
  • Repository: Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• Paratypes: UCCIPR L-18 F-1036, L-18 F-1034 , L-18 F-1035, L-18 F-1039/40 (part/counterpart)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research collection, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
• Paratypes: UWBM 97365A; UWBM 97366.1,2,&3
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
• ⧼Referred material⧽: 2003.2.2 CDM 026
  • Repository: Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• ⧼Referred material⧽: UCCIPR L-18 F-1038
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research collection, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet is from the surname of Len Hills, paleontologist at the University of Calgary, in honour of his work in the Eocene of British Columbia, including his pioneering work at the McAbee site."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

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.