.15" Detailed Insect Pupa (Order Diptera) - France

This is a beautifully preserved fossil insect pupa (order Diptera), collected from an Oligocene-aged shale deposit near Cereste in southern France. It measures .15" wide.

This is part of an old collection that we recently acquired. The collection includes a variety of insect fossils from around Southern France, collected over a span of 50 years by a woman with PhDs in paleontology and pharmacology.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Order Diptera
LOCATION
Cereste, France
SIZE
Insect: .15" wide, Rock: 1.3 x 1.2"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#290747
GUARANTEE
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