†Mesopetia tuanwangensis Zhang 1987 (flat-footed fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1987. Four new genera of Platypezidae. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26:595-603
Belongs to Mesopetia according to J. F. Zhang 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L84131, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Tuanwang, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Museum coll.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tuanwang, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Museum coll.)
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