†Cordilura exhumata Cockerell 1916 (dung fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Scathophagidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. Some American fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51:89-106
Belongs to Cordilura according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1916
Sister taxon: Cordylura vetusta
Type specimen: USNM 61996, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (Wilson coll)
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