A Fossil Gymnopternus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Florissant Beds, Colorado
Gymnopternus lacustris n. sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) is described from a compression fossil from the Eocene/Oligocene Florissant beds of Colorado, U.S.A. Gymnopternus has a rich recent fauna in North Americm and its fossil presence in these deposits is evidence of the essentially “modern” generic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1995-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/18952 |
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| Summary: | Gymnopternus lacustris n. sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) is described from a compression fossil from the Eocene/Oligocene Florissant beds of Colorado, U.S.A. Gymnopternus has a rich recent fauna in North Americm and its fossil presence in these deposits is evidence of the essentially “modern” generic composition of the Tertiary dolichopodid fauna. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |