Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative combination: Chironomus extinctus
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Chironomopsis according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Brodie 1845
Sister taxa: Chironomopsis arrogans, Chironomopsis gracilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
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