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Cretocrania

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eriocraniidae

Taxonomy
Cretocrania was named by Melnitsky and Ivanov (2020). Its type is Cretocrania stekolnikovi. It is the type genus of Cretocraniinae.

It was assigned to Cretocraniinae by Melnitsky and Ivanov (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Cretocrania Melnitsky and Ivanov p. 1346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
superfamilyEriocranioideaRebel 1901
familyEriocraniidaeMeyrick 1927
subfamilyCretocraniinae
genusCretocrania

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. †Cretocrania Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
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Cretocrania glosancestralis Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
Cretocrania inconcessa Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
Cretocrania stekolnikovi Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020
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 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) C. stekolnikovi, C. glosancestralis, C. inconcessa (113350)