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Sphaeroceridae (lesser dung fly)
Taxonomy
Sphaeroceridae was named by Macquart (1835). It is extant. Its type is Sphaerocera.
It was assigned to Sphaeroceroidea by Evenhuis (1994); and to Schizophora by Wiegmann et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Sphaeroceroidea by Evenhuis (1994); and to Schizophora by Wiegmann et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1835 | Sphaeroceridae Macquart |
| 1994 | Sphaeroceridae Evenhuis |
| 2011 | Sphaeroceridae Wiegmann et al. |
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Fm. Sphaeroceridae Macquart 1835 [lesser dung fly]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Spelobia palaeobrevipteryx, Xenolimosina palaeospinosa, Dahlimosina sp., Opalimosina sp. 1, Opalimosina sp. 2, Telomerina sp. (122982) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wisconsin) | Copromyza sp. (169406) |