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Tipula limfjordensis

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Taxonomy
Tipula limfjordensis was named by Freiwald (1990). Its type specimen is BSM 109, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Island of Mors (Moler Museum coll), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Tipula limfjordensis Freiwald p. 53 figs. Pl 2, fig 4; pl 3, figs 2-4; text-figs 4-6
2001Tipula limfjordensis Krzemiński p. 338 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyTipulidae()
subfamilyTipulinae
genusTipula
specieslimfjordensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tipula limfjordensis Freiwald 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Tipula limfjordensis (type locality: 114153 120020 123998 152148 152149 152152)