Cretotortor
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| Cretotortor Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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:[1]
- Cretotortor archarensis Ponomarenko, 1977 Darmakan Formation, Russia, Paleocene (Danian)
- Cretotortor zherichini Ponomarenko, 1973 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
