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Cretagaster

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Cretagaster was named by Dikow and Grimaldi (2014). Its type is Cretagaster raritanensis.

It was assigned to Leptogastrinae by Dikow and Grimaldi (2014).

Species
C. raritanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Cretagaster Dikow and Grimaldi p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
subfamilyLeptogastrinae
genusCretagaster

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. †Cretagaster Dikow and Grimaldi 2014
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†Cretagaster raritanensis Dikow and Grimaldi 2014
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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Asilidae indet. (110895)