Cylindrotoma borealis Freiwald 1991 (long bodied crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Cylindrotomidae

Full reference: A. Freiwald. 1991. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?). 5. Cylindrotomidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha). Meyniana 43:97-123

Belongs to Cylindrotoma according to A. Freiwald 1991

Sister taxa: Cylindrotoma biamoensis, Cylindrotoma brevicornis, Cylindrotoma larssoni, Cylindrotoma longicornis, Cylindrotoma monikae, Cylindrotoma succini, Cylindrotoma veterana

Type specimen: KM 994, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Island of Fur (Copenhagen Museum coll), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp mudstone in the Moler Formation of Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Island of Fur (Copenhagen Museum coll)

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