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Cretotetracha grandis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cicindelidae

Taxonomy
Cretotetracha grandis was named by Zhao et al. (2019). Its type specimen is NIGP154997, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Cretotetracha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Cretotetracha grandis Zhao et al. p. 148 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCicindelidae()
genusCretotetracha
speciesgrandis

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.

Cretotetracha grandis Zhao et al. 2019
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Cretotetracha grandis (type locality: 103654)