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Fossil Dance Fly

            Fossil Dance Fly (Empididae fam.) in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. This fly, now extinct, lived during middle Eocene time, around 46 million years ago. The specimen is about 2 cm long. It was was found in the shallow lacustrine deposits of Lake Uintah, the largest of the three lakes of the Green River system. (It was not found in the deposits of Fossil Lake, the source of the specimens seen at Fossil Butte National Monument.) Bonanza, Uintah Co., Utah.
   

Taken on: July 23, 2022

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Arthropoda

Bonanza

Diptera

Earth Science

Empididae

Eocene

Geology

Green River Formation

Insecta

MP-E 65

MP-E 65mm

Paleontology

Parachute Creek Member

RWPC

Tertiary

extinct

fly

fossil

insect

macro

nature

Uintah County

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Sets appears in: • Fossils

Groups appears in: • Fossils • Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo more » • geological macros • Earth Science Teaching Resource • Fossil Butte National Monument « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/14.0, 1/10 sec, 65mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	65mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Macintosh)
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