Palaepangonius sellwoodi Mostovski et al. 2003 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera

Alternative combination: Athericites sellwoodi

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2003. Horseflies and Athericids (Diptera: Tabanidae, Athericidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 37(2):162-169

Belongs to Palaepangonius according to D. A. Grimaldi 2016

See also Mostovski et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Palaepangonius eupterus, Palaepangonius finchi, Palaepangonius glossa, Palaepangonius gordoni, Palaepangonius kensmithi, Palaepangonius zazicola

Type specimen: MNEMG 2001.47, a wing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB65-69, Dorset, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB65-69, Dorset

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