†Cretomanota gondwanica Amorim and Oliveira 2022 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: D. S. Amorim and S. S. Oliveira. 2022. Taxonomic names, in The oldest Gondwanan fossil of Leiinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. Cladistics 39:43-57
Belongs to Cretomanota according to D. S. Amorim and S. S. Oliveira 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LP/UFC CRT 1381, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pedreira Três Irmãos quarry, Crato (LP-UFC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pedreira Três Irmãos quarry, Crato (LP-UFC collection)
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