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Middle Jurassic origin in India: a new look at evolution of Vermileonidae and time-scaled relationships of lower brachyceran flies

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Wang, Liang, Ding, Shuangmei, Cameron, Stephen L, Li, Xin, Liu, Yue, Yao, Gang, Yang, Ding (2022): Middle Jurassic origin in India: a new look at evolution of Vermileonidae and time-scaled relationships of lower brachyceran flies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (3): 938-959, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab042, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/194/3/938/6356406

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