†Cretoplatypalpus americanus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (dance fly)
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Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239:1-121
Belongs to Cretoplatypalpus according to M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Sister taxon: Cretoplatypalpus archaeus
Type specimen: MCZ 6914, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (MCZ collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (MCZ collection)
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