title: First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae).
abstract: The first crane fly (Diptera: Tipuloidea) fossil discovered in the Upper Jurassic Talbragar Fish Bed in Australia is described and illustrated. Eotipula grangeri sp. nov., described from a single specimen, is assigned to the family Limoniidae based primarily on the conformation of wing veins. It is the second and oldest record of Limoniidae from Australia, and the first of Jurassic age from the southern hemisphere.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Land & Water, Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, PMB 44 Winnellie, Darwin, N.T. 0822, Australia.; Email: stef_oberprieler@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Stefanie K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Oberprieler
authors.affiliation: Pedagogical University of Cracow, 30-084 Krakow, Poland.; Email: wieslawk4@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krzemiński
authors.affiliation: Bomaderry High School Science Faculty, PO Box 2146, Bomaderry, N.S.W. 2541.; Email: jack.hinde@det.nsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinde
authors.affiliation: CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.; Email: david.yeates@csiro.com.au.
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Yeates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005580:Fossils