Diptera

$200.00

Vendor: Fossils in Amber

SKU Number: SQ3723777

This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. This specimen is of the Order: Diptera, Superfamily: Muscoidea. It is probably a female, you can see what appears to be the protruding ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. This is a really nice specimen with clearly displayed wings and amazing compound eyes. The colors result from the reflected light that enters the lens during photographing.

Full dimensions are listed below.

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Vendor: Fossils in Amber

SKU Number: SQ3723777

This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. This specimen is of the Order: Diptera, Superfamily: Muscoidea. It is probably a female, you can see what appears to be the protruding ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. This is a really nice specimen with clearly displayed wings and amazing compound eyes. The colors result from the reflected light that enters the lens during photographing.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Vendor: Fossils in Amber

SKU Number: SQ3723777

This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. This specimen is of the Order: Diptera, Superfamily: Muscoidea. It is probably a female, you can see what appears to be the protruding ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. This is a really nice specimen with clearly displayed wings and amazing compound eyes. The colors result from the reflected light that enters the lens during photographing.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Specimen Details
Name: Diptera Order: Diptera Age: 25 M.Y.O., Miocene Locality: Dominican Republic Formation: Sedimentary
Matrix Dimensions
Dimensions: In Inches Length: 30/32 inch Width: 12/32 inch Thickness: 10/32 inch Weight: 1 gram
Specimen Dimensions
Dimensions: In Inches Length: 4/32 inch Width: Negligible Height: 3/32 inch Weight: 1 gram
Shipping Dimensions
Dimensions: In Inches Length: 8.50 inches Width: 5.50 inches Height: 1.75 inches Weight: 1.0 lbs (Small Flat Rate Box)
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Additional Information

Dominican Republic amber is very transparent and is known for the number of high quality inclusions it contains.

There are two main sites that yield amber in the Dominican Republic; Santiago de los Caballeros, in the north, and Santo Domingo, in the east. In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is the upper part of the La Taco Formation, comprising a suite of clastic rocks. This unit is composed of sandstone with occasional conglomerates that accumulated in a deltaic to deep-water environment. Individual thick, coarse beds are at the base of the formation. These beds grade into the sandstone, which contains the amber, in parallel lamination with occasional ripple marks preserved on the surfaces.

True fly - Diptera - from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. True flies have a single pair of wings and exhibit a pair of organs at the base of the wings used for balancing. These balancing organs are called Halteres and probably evolved from the ancestral hindwings. Only true flies belong to the order Diptera.

References:

Dominican Amber
Geological Setting
Halteres


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