Paleoplatyura
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| Paleoplatyura Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Keroplatidae |
| Subfamily: | Keroplatinae |
| Tribe: | Orfeliini |
| Genus: | Paleoplatyura Meunier, 1899 |
Paleoplatyura is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. There are about seven described species in Paleoplatyura.[1][2][3][4] Fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 100 million years ago.[5]
