Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: J. Q. Gao, C. K. Shih, Y. Y. Zhao and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Cretolimonia and Mesotipula (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 89:1789-1796
Belongs to Cretolimonia according to J. Q. Gao et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Cretolimonia dayana, Cretolimonia jurassica, Cretolimonia lukashevichae, Cretolimonia mikolajczyki, Cretolimonia popovi, Cretolimonia pseudojurassica, Cretolimonia pygmaea
Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2015001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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