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Cretosaja

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Cretosaja was named by Sohn and Nam (2021). Its type is Cretosaja jinjuensis.

It was assigned to Nicrophorinae by Sohn and Nam (2021); and to Nicrophorini by Cai (2025).

Species
C. jinjuensis (type species), C. thayerae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Cretosaja Sohn and Nam p. 585
2025Cretosaja Cai p. 54

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilySilphinae
tribeNicrophorini()
genusCretosaja

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. †Cretosaja Sohn and Nam 2021
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†Cretosaja jinjuensis Sohn and Nam 2021
†Cretosaja thayerae Cai 2025
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) C. thayerae (111725)
Albian113.2 - 100.5South Korea C. jinjuensis (184781)