Cranefly Insects Fossils Mass Mortality

Pronophlebia redivivia

Insect Order Diptera, Family Limoniidae

Geological Time: Eocene

Size: Craneflies: 5-8 mm Matrix; 75 mm by 55 mm

Fossil Site: Green River Shale , Uintah County, Utah

Code: GRF208

Price: Sold

Cranefly Insects FossilsDescription: The Green River Formation deposits of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah are best known for their immaculately-preserved fish, but other examples are known as well, as this specimen attests. This is an example of an assemblage of adult and larval craneflies. One possible explanation for this piece is that they were washed up along a shoreline.

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