Cretaphormia fowleri McAlpine 1970 (fly)

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

Belongs to Cretaphormia according to J. F. McAlpine 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNC 12671/817, a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Drumheller concretion, which is in a Campanian marginal marine ironstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Drumheller concretion

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