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Taxonomy
Cecidomyia protogaea was named by Heer (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
It was recombined as Sciara protogaea by Theobald (1937) and Theobald (1937); it was considered a nomen dubium by Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).
It was recombined as Sciara protogaea by Theobald (1937) and Theobald (1937); it was considered a nomen dubium by Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Sciara protogaea Heer 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available