†Ptiolinites cretaceus Kovalev 1986 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1986. Bibionomorpha and Asilomorpha, in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:125-154
Belongs to Ptiolinites according to A. Nagatomi and D. Yang 1998
See also Kovalev 1986
Sister taxa: Ptiolinites almuthae, Ptiolinites heidiae, Ptiolinites oudatchinae, Ptiolinites raypearcei
Type specimen: PIN 3152/4265, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Myangad locality, Section 221/17
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