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Cretodytes

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Cretodytes
Temporal range: Barremian–Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Cretodytes
Ponomarenko, 1977

Cretodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Cretodytes incertus Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Doronino Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
  • Cretodytes latipes Ponomarenko, 1977 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)


References

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  1. ^ Prokin, A.A.; Petrov, P.N.; Wang, B.; Ponomarenko, A.G. (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2. PMID 26217842.