†Paleomydas menatensis Nel and Wedmann 2024 (mydas fly)
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Full reference: A. Nel and S. Wedmann. 2024. The first mydid fly (Diptera: Mydidae) from the Paleocene maar of Menat (France). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 104:849-857
Belongs to Paleomydas according to A. Nel and S. Wedmann 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNT-14-7535, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (MNT collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNT collection)
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