''Cretodytes'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family
Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "able to dive", are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species l ...
, containing the following species:
* ''Cretodytes incertus''
Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Doronino Formation
Doronino () is a rural locality (a village) in Yugskoye Rural Settlement, Cherepovetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 33 as of 2002. There are 4 streets.
Geography
Doronino is located southeast of Cherepovets
Cherepovet ...
, Russia, Early Cretaceous (
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...
)
* ''Cretodytes latipes''
Ponomarenko, 1977 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS' geologic timescale, the second age (geology), age in the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch, or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Upper Cretaceous series (stratigraphy), ...
)
References
Dytiscidae genera
Fossil beetle genera
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