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Tipula sp.

scale in cms
CLASS - Insecta
ORDER - Diptera
FAMILY - Tipulidae
GENUS/SPECIES - Tipula sp.
ROCK UNIT - Florissant Beds
AGE - Miocene Epoch (about 15 million years old)
LOCALITY - Florissant, Colorado, USA
Craneflies are large mosquito-like flies that have only one pair of large
wings (front pair). The back wings are modified into specialized organs
for stability during flight.
PRI 42415
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