Grimmenia tillyardi Kopeć et al. 2017 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: K. Kopeć, W. Krzemiński, K. Skowron and R. Coram. 2017. The genera Architipula Handlirsch, 1906 and Grimmenia Krzemiński and Zessin, 1990 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Lower Jurassic of England. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1.15A):1-7

Belongs to Grimmenia according to K. Kopeć et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Grimmenia prima, Grimmenia secunda

Type specimen: BMNH I.3328, a wing. Its type locality is Alderton Hill (Slatter collection), which is in a Falciferum marine limestone in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Alderton Hill (Slatter collection)

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