Cretomydas santanensis Wilkommen 2007 (mydas fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae

Full reference: J. Wilkommen. 2007. Taxonomic names, in Diptera: true flies, gnats, and crane flies. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 369-387

Belongs to Cretomydas according to J. M. Pouillon and A. Nel 2020

See also Wilkommen 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 66178, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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