Pseudadonia fittoni Brodie 1845

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Alternative combinations: Adonia fittoni, Mesorhyphus fittoni, Olbiogaster fittoni, Platyura fittoni

Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130

Belongs to Pseudadonia according to E. D. Lukashevich 2012

See also Amorim and Tozoni 1994, Brodie 1845, Cockerell 1924, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994, Giebel 1856 and Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck

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