Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae

Alternative spelling: Cretaceochorista

Full reference: Y. C. Hong, D. S. Yan, and D. R. Wang. 1989. Discovery of Early Cretaceous Cretacechorista gen. nov. Insecta: Mecoptera from Jiuquan basin Gansu Province. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 44:1-9

Parent taxon: Raphidiomimidae according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. L. J. Quicke 2002

See also Hong et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Cameloblatta, Chuanblatta, Divocina, Falcatusiblatta, Fortiblatta, Graciliblatta, Liadoblattina, Paekthoblatta, Raphidiomima, Raphidiomimula

Subtaxa: Cretacechorista qilianshanensis

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Type: Cretacechorista qilianshanensis

Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Qilianshan Mountains, 10 km southeast of Yumen (Cretaceous of China)

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