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Cretophotina

Insecta - Mantodea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cretophotina Gratshev and Zherikhin p. 150
2003Cretophotina Grimaldi
2005Cretophotina Vršanský p. 166
2014Cretophotina Lee
2025Cretophotina Vršanský et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
genusCretophotina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cretophotina Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
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†Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
†Cretophotina selenginensis Vršanský 2002
†Cretophotina serotina Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
†Cretophotina smidovae Vršanský et al. 2025
†Cretophotina tristriata Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Turonian or 125.77000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mongolia (Selenginskij) C. selenginensis (123425) C. sp. (117954)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia C. mongolica (103657 113355 113356 113358 113359 121713 125194 138924 155551)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) C. sp. (105969) C. tristriata (122549 122552)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) C. santanensis (122557)
Albian113.2 - 100.5South Korea C. smidovae (184781)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan C. serotina (103274)