Insecta - Diptera

Full reference: J. F. McAlpine. 1970. First record of calypterate flies in the Mesozoic Era (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The Canadian Entomologist 102:342-346

Parent taxon: Schizophora according to P. Cerretti et al. 2017

See also Carpenter 1992 and McAlpine 1970

Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Ephydroidea, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Milichiidae, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Sphaeroceridae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae

Subtaxa: Cretaphormia fowleri

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Type: Cretaphormia fowleri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Drumheller concretion (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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