Wes Wehr dedication

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Bruce Archibald ◽  
Kathleen B Pigg ◽  
David R Greenwood ◽  
Steven R Manchester ◽  
Lisa Barksdale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Okanagan Highlands

We dedicate this issue to the memory of Wesley C. Wehr, former Affiliate Curator of Paleobotany, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington. Wes' contributions to paleontology, particularly in the Okanagan Highlands of Washington State and British Columbia; his influence on a generation of paleontologists (particularly paleobotanists) working in and coming from this region; and his warm friendship that brought together members of the scientific and arts communities were deeply influential, and will be fondly remembered.

Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State (USA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 803-813
Author(s):  
Gerald Mayr ◽  
S. Bruce Archibald ◽  
Gary W. Kaiser ◽  
Rolf W. Mathewes
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Fossil Birds ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
The North ◽  
Okanagan Highlands

We survey the known avian fossils from Ypresian (early Eocene) fossil sites of the North American Okanagan Highlands, mainly in British Columbia (Canada). All specimens represent taxa that were previously unknown from the Eocene of far-western North America. Wings from the McAbee site are tentatively referred to the Gaviiformes and would constitute the earliest fossil record of this group of birds. A postcranial skeleton from Driftwood Canyon is tentatively assigned to the Songziidae, a taxon originally established for fossils from the Ypresian of China. Two skeletons from Driftwood Canyon and the McAbee site are tentatively referred to Coliiformes and Zygodactylidae, respectively, whereas three further fossils from McAbee, Blakeburn, and Republic (Washington, USA) are too poorly preserved for even a tentative assignment. The specimens from the Okanagan Highlands inhabited relatively high paleoaltitudes with microthermal climates (except Quilchena: lower mesothermal) and mild winters, whereas most other Ypresian fossil birds are from much warmer lowland paleoenvironments with upper mesothermal to megathermal climates. The putative occurrence of a gaviiform bird is particularly noteworthy because diving birds are unknown from other lacustrine Ypresian fossil sites of the Northern Hemisphere. The bones of the putative zygodactylid show a sulphurous colouration, and we hypothesize that this highly unusual preservation may be due to the metabolic activity of sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.

Fossil biotas from the Okanagan Highlands, southern British Columbia and northeastern Washington State: climates and ecosystems across an Eocene landscape

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R Greenwood ◽  
S Bruce Archibald ◽  
Rolf W Mathewes ◽  
Patrick T Moss
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North American ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Leaf Margin ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Aquatic Fern ◽  
Equable Climate ◽  
Okanagan Highlands

The late Early to early Middle Eocene Okanagan Highlands fossil sites, spanning ~1000 km north–south (northeastern Washington State, southern British Columbia) provide an opportunity to reconstruct biotic communities across a broad upland landscape during the warmest part of the Cenozoic. Plant taxa from these fossil sites are characteristic of the modern eastern North American deciduous forest zone, principally the mixed mesophytic forest, but also include extinct taxa, taxa known only from eastern Asian mesothermal forests, and a small number of taxa restricted to the present-day North American west coast coniferous biome. In this preliminary report, paleoclimates and forest types are reconstructed using collections from Republic in Washington State, USA., and Princeton, Quilchena, Falkland, McAbee, Hat Creek, Horsefly, and Driftwood Canyon in British Columbia, Canada. Both leaf margin analysis (LMA) and quantitative bioclimatic analysis of identified nearest living relatives of megaflora indicated upper microthermal to lower mesothermal moist environments (MAT ~10–15 °C, CMMT > 0 °C, MAP > 100 cm/year). Some taxa common to most sites suggest cool conditions (e.g., Abies, other Pinaceae; Alnus, other Betulaceae). However, all floras contain a substantive broadleaf deciduous element (e.g., Fagaceae, Juglandaceae) and conifers (e.g., Metasequoia) with the bioclimatic analysis yielding slightly higher MAT than LMA. Thermophilic (principally mesothermal) taxa include various insects, the aquatic fern Azolla, palms, the banana relative Ensete, taxodiaceous conifers, Eucommia and Gordonia, taxa which may have occurred near their climatic limits. The mixture of thermophilic and temperate insect and plant taxa indicates low-temperature seasonality (i.e., highly equable climate).

New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA)

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Bruce Archibald
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Large Species ◽  
Far Eastern Russia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Okanagan Highlands ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
Maritime Province

Six new species of the extinct family Dinopanorpidae (Mecoptera) are described in the new genus Dinokanaga gen. nov. from five Early (and early Middle?) Eocene Okanagan Highlands localities in British Columbia and Washington State. These are Dinokanaga hillsi sp. nov., D. wilsoni sp. nov., D. dowsonae sp. nov., D. andersoni sp. nov., D. sternbergi sp. nov., and D. webbi sp. nov. The family Dinopanorpidae is previously known only from a hind wing of Dinopanorpa megarche Cockerell, and an undescribed species of Dinopanorpa, both from the Paleogene of Primorye (Maritime Province) in Pacific coastal far-eastern Russia. The family includes mostly large species, with forewings up to 43 mm in length. Dinopanorpidae is particularly distinguished by a long R1 vein in both the fore- and hind wings, extending almost to the wing apex and bending posteriad distally. Their wings are mostly dark with light bands and spots; have many to extremely dense crossveins; and an expanded costal space in the basal quarter of the forewing, which is more developed in larger species. The rostrum is extended; the medigynium is without tongue-shaped structures.

Regional and local vegetation community dynamics of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia – Washington State) from palynology

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick T Moss ◽  
David R Greenwood ◽  
S Bruce Archibald
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Depositional Environments ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Palynological Analysis ◽  
Okanagan Highlands

Palynofloras from the middle Early to early Middle Eocene Okanagan Highlands (northern Washington State and southern British Columbia) are used to reconstruct vegetation across a broad upland Eocene landscape. In this preliminary report, forest floristic composition is reconstructed using palynological analysis of sediments from Republic, Washington; localities of the Allenby Formation in the Princeton region (Hospital Hill, One Mile Creek and Summers Creek Road), Hat Creek, McAbee, Falkland, Horsefly, and Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia. Wind-dispersed taxa were dominant in all samples, consistent with floras preserved in lacustrine and paludal depositional environments. Pseudolarix was dominant in five of the floras, but Abies (Falkland) or Ulmus (Republic Corner Lot site) were dominant in individual samples for some floras. Betulaceae were dominant for McAbee (Alnus) and Allenby Formation (Betula), matching megafloral data for these sites. Some taxa common to most sites suggest cool conditions (e.g., Abies, other Pinaceae; Alnus, other Betulaceae). However, all floras contained a substantive broad-leaved deciduous element (e.g., Fagaceae, Juglandaceae) and conifers (e.g., Metasequoia) indicative of mesothermal conditions. Palms were only abundant in the Hat Creek coal flora, with very low counts recorded for the Falkland, McAbee, and Allenby Formation sites, suggesting that they were rare in much of the landscape and likely restricted to specialized habitats. Thermophilic (principally mesothermal) taxa, including palms (five sites) and "taxodiaceous" conifers, may have occurred at their climatic limits. The limiting factor controlling the regional distribution of thermophilic flora, which include primarily wetlands taxa, may be either climatic or edaphic.

Atropellis piniphila. [Distribution map].

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
North America ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Atropellis piniphila (Weir) Lohman & Cash. Hosts: Pine (Pinus). Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), USA (Alabama, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State), (Idaho).

Southern Wakashan: Descriptive and Theoretical Perspectives

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Henry Davis ◽  
Rachel Wojdak
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Linguistic Theory ◽  
Special Volume ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Foundational Work ◽  
Edward Sapir

This special volume of CJL/RCL is the first collection of papers devoted specifically to the Southern Wakashan languages Makah, Ditidaht (also known as Nitinat), and Nuu-chah-nulth (also known as Nootka). These three closely related languages form a continuum stretching from the northwest tip of Washington State to northwest Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The Southern Wakashan languages are remarkable for the typologically unusual traits they exhibit in virtually all areas of their grammars. These properties were first illuminated by Edward Sapir in his foundational work on Nuu-chah-nulth (1911, 1915, 1921; Sapir and Swadesh 1939), which helped thrust Wakashan to the forefront of early Amerindian scholarship. The papers brought together in this volume reflect a recent resurgence of interest in Southern Wakashan, and highlight the potential of lesser-studied languages to contribute to linguistic theory, as well as the range of insights that theoretically informed perspectives can bring to the grammatical description of these languages.

scholarly journals An Early Eocene bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Quilchena, British Columbia

2003 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
S. Bruce Archibald
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Okanagan Highlands ◽  
Body Fossil

AbstractA fossil halictine bee from Early Eocene, Okanagan Highlands deposits of Quilchena, British Columbia, Canada, is described and figured. Halictus? savenyeisp.nov. is distinguished from other Tertiary halictines as well as modern bees. The specimen is the second oldest body fossil of a bee yet discovered and the first fossil bee from Canada. The antiquity of Halictidae and of bees in general is briefly commented upon.

A new species of Archaeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene of Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bruce Archibald ◽  
Vladimir N. Makarkin
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Evolutionary Trends ◽  
Okanagan Highlands ◽  
A New Species

AbstractArchaeochrysa sanikwanew species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae) is described from early Eocene (Ypresian) Okanagan Highlands shale at Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada. The evolutionary trends of three chrysopid wing venation characters (the shape of the intramedian cell, the position of the crossvein 2m-cu, and the development of the pseudocubitus) are analysed. The forewing venation of this species is very plesiomorphic compared with the vast majority species of Nothochrysinae, both fossil and extant.

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