Biology:Cretomicrophorus
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Short description: Extinct genus of Dolichopodid flies
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Parathalassiinae |
| Genus: | †Cretomicrophorus Negrobov, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978[1]
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Jantardachia Zherichin, 1978 | |
Cretomicrophorus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia , France and the United States . The generic name is a combination of the Latin word creta ("chalk") and the generic name Microphorus.[1]
Species
The genus contains three species:
- †Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
- †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017[3] – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
- †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" (in Russian) (PDF). Paleontological Journal 12 (2): 221–228. http://www.bio.vsu.ru/ezoo/negrobov_publikacii/Empididoidea%20.zip. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ↑ Grimaldi, David A.; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239: 1–124. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1583/B239.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y.
- ↑ Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Cretaceous Research 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009. http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01369622/file/Nel_2017_Two_new_long-legged.pdf. (PDF given is the manuscript version)
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q21363868 entry
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