Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Alternative spelling: Cretatortor
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1973. Mesozoic Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae, Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 7(4):499-506
Parent taxon: Dineutini according to G. T. Gustafson and K. B. Miller 2013
See also Carpenter 1992, Nel 1989 and Ponomarenko 1973
Sister taxa: Dineutina, Miodineutes, Baissogyrus, Cretogyrus, Dineutus, Cretodineutus, Angarogyrus, Mesodineutes, Mesogyrus
Subtaxa: Cretotortor archarensis Cretotortor zherichini
Type: Cretotortor zherichini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1)
• Jurassic of Luxembourg (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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