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Cretophotina mongolica

Insecta - Mantodea

Taxonomy
Cretophotina mongolica was named by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1993). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/10179, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin p. 153 figs. Pl 9, fig 4; text-fig 1d
2003Cretophotina mongolica Vršanský p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
speciesmongolica

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.

Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
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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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Cretophotina mongolica (type locality: 103657 113355 113356 113358 113359 121713 125194 138924 155551)