Cretomicrophorus
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Cretomicrophorus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin word creta ("chalk") and the generic name Microphorus.
Species
The genus contains three species:
- †Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 – New Jersey amber, Turonian
- †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017 – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
- †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978 – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
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