Cretotortor Temporal range: Turonian–Danian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Gyrinidae |
Subfamily: | Heterogyrinae |
Genus: | †Cretotortor Ponomarenko, 1973 |
Cretotortor is an extinct genus of fossil beetles in the family Gyrinidae, containing the following species:
- Cretotortor archarensis Ponomarenko, 1977 Darmakan Formation, Russia, Paleocene (Danian)
- Cretotortor zherichini Ponomarenko, 1973 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
References
- Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cretotortor |
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