The
Brachyceran
family Kovalevisargidae is an
extinct
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group of flies known from the
Jurassic Daohugou
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
biota
Biota may refer to:
* Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region
* Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis''
* Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain
* Biota (band), a band from Color ...
of
China
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and the
Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Taxonomy
* †''
Kerosargus'' Mostovski 1997
** †''Kerosargus argus'' Mostovski 1997
Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan,
Oxfordian
** †''Kerosargus sororius'' Zhang 2011
Daohugou
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
, China,
Callovian
* †''
Kovalevisargus'' Mostovski 1997
** †''Kovalevisargus brachypterus'' Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
** †''Kovalevisargus clarigenus'' Mostovski 1997 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
** †''Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis'' Zhang 2014
Haifanggou Formation
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
, China, Callovian/Oxfordian
** †''Kovalevisargus macropterus'' Zhang 2011 Daohugou, China, Callovian
References
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Prehistoric Diptera
Prehistoric insect families
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