Thisted erratic (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (57.0° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified diatomite

• "Cementstone"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by J. Ansorge; reposited in the MfN

• Originally in author's collection, but later deposited in Museum für Naturkunde of Humboldt-Universität (Berlin).

Primary reference: J. Ansorge. 1992. Dixa cimbrica n. sp., ein Vertreter der Dixidae (Diptera, Nematocera) aus der oberpaleozänen/untereozänen Fur-Formation (Moler) Jütlands (Dänemark). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1992:513-518 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123796: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Dixidae
Dixa cimbrica n. sp. Ansorge 1992 meniscus midge
MOA 114 1/2