†Trixoscelis patefacta Melander 1949 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Heleomyzidae
Alternative combination: Trichoscelis patefacta
Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Trixoscelis according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Melander 1949
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 26618, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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