Alternative combinations: Paraspiniphora laminarum, Phora laminarum
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1908. Two Fossil Phoridae from the Miocene Shales of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:273-275
Belongs to Chaetopleurophora according to B. V. Brown 1999
See also Brues 1908, Cockerell 1913 and Melander 1949
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH, an exoskeleton (specimen poorly preserved except hindlegs). Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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