Family Canthyloscelidae Shannon 1927 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Canthyloscelidae
Synonyms: Hyperoscelidae Hardy and Nagatomi 1960, Hyperoscelididae Hardy and Nagatomi 1960
Parent taxon: Scatopsoidea according to V. G. Kovalev 1985
See also Hardy and Nagatomi 1960
Sister taxa: Protoscatopsidae, Scatopsidae, Valeseguyidae
Subtaxa: Prohyperoscelis Synneuron
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence