• Title of article

    The first South American record of fossil Eoptychopterinae (Ptychopteridae, Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation

  • Author/Authors

    Krzemi?ski، نويسنده , , Wies?aw and Kania، نويسنده , , Iwona and Lukashevich، نويسنده , , Elena، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2015
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    548
  • To page
    555
  • Abstract
    The first representative of the fossil Eoptychopterinae (Ptychopteridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Santana Formation (Brazil), Eoptychoptera braziliana sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on a single specimen. The fossil is the first member of the family from South America and the first extinct Ptychopteridae from the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Keywords
    Early Cretaceous , taxonomy , Santana Formation , fossils , Eoptychopterinae , DIPTERA , Ptychopteridae , new species , Eoptychoptera braziliana sp. n.
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Serial Year
    2015
  • Journal title
    Cretaceous Research
  • Record number

    2303988