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Plecia pealei fossil insect
Green River Shale of Colorado
Eocene Period (56 to 33.9 million years ago)
This is a nice marsh fly, Plecia pealei. from the Green River Shale of Colorado. The fly measures approximately 1/4" and is on a matrix measuring 2 3/4" by 2 1/4". Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae). This particular species is extinct.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Plecia
Species: †pealei
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