Trichocera cretacea Krzemińska et al. 2009 (winter crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Full reference: E. Krzemińska, W. Krzemiński, and C. Dahl. 2009. Monograph of Fossil Trichoceridae (Diptera): Over 180 Million Years of Evolution 1-171

Belongs to Trichocera according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Trichocera (Trichocera), Trichocera christelae, Trichocera corami, Trichocera ebenos, Trichocera fujiyamai, Trichocera hanswerneri, Trichocera miocaenica, Trichocera scudderi, Trichocera turgana, Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) antiqua

Type specimen: PIN 3063/9646, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064)

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