Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Earliest Early Eocene "An Early Eocene age of 54.04 ± 0.14 Ma has been determined for layer +19 and 54.52 ± 0.05 Ma for layer -17 by the Ar40–Ar39 method (Chambers et al. 2003).
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Henrik Madsen & Bent Soe Mikkelsen
• Repository: Moler Museum
Primary reference: A. Freiwald. 1991. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?). 5. Cylindrotomidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha). Meyniana 43:97-123 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152155: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Cylindrotoma larssoni n. sp.
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