Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative combinations: Chironomus palaemon, Pelopia palaemon
Full reference: L. von Heyden. 1870. Fossile Dipteren aus der Braunkohle von Rott im Siebengebirge. Palaeontographica 17:237-266
Belongs to Tanypus according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Statz 1944 and von Heyden 1870
Sister taxa: Tanypus compactus, Tanypus dorminans, Tanypus eridanus, Tanypus filiformis, Tanypus fusiformis, Tanypus longicornis, Tanypus obscurus, Tanypus obtusus, Tanypus pagasti, Tanypus parvus, Tanypus porrectus, Tanypus subrotundatus, Tanypus thienemanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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