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Fossil mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera, cf. Heptageniidae) from the Late Cretaceous Wapiti Formation, Alberta, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Phil R. Bell ,
Federico Fanti ,
John Acorn  and
Robin S. Sissons
Phil R. Bell
Affiliation:
Pipestone Creek Dinosaur Initiative, Clairmont, Alberta T0H 0W0, Canada,
Federico Fanti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna 40127, Italy,
John Acorn
Affiliation:
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada,
Robin S. Sissons
Affiliation:
Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 4C4, Canada,
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Abstract

Fossil mayfly larvae (cf. Heptageniidae) are reported for the first time in the Cretaceous of Canada. The new fossils come from the latest Campanian part of the Wapiti Formation, which crops out in west-central Alberta, near the British Columbia border. These sediments represent mixed lentic and lotic fluvial environments consistent with modern heptageniid ecology. This discovery helps fill a significant temporal gap in heptageniid evolution between the Eocene and their earliest appearance in the Turonian.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 87 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 147 - 150
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