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
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 | |
Dixa cimbrica n. sp.
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