Full reference: V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165
Parent taxon: Mantodea according to P. Vršanský 2005
See also Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993, Grimaldi 2003 and Lee 2014
Sister taxa: Amorphoscelioidea, Amorphoscelites, Aragonimantis, Burmantis, Chaeteessites, Cretomantidae, Electromantis, Gryllomantidae, Jantarimantidae, Jersimantis, Juramantidae, Kazakhophotina, Neomantodea, Santanmantidae, Vitimophotina
Subtaxa: Cretophotina mongolica Cretophotina santanensis Cretophotina selenginensis Cretophotina serotina Cretophotina tristriata
Type: Cretophotina santanensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (11), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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