Biology:Cretoloricera
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Short description: Fossil genus of beetles in the family Carabidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Cretoloricera H. Liu, K. V. Makarov, and C. H. Luo, 2023 |
| Species: | C. electra
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| Cretoloricera electra H. Liu, K. V. Makarov, and C. H. Luo, 2023
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Cretoloricera is a genus of ground beetles (Carabidae) that lived during the Middle Cretaceous period. The genus currently only has one known species which is Cretoloricera electra, found in Kachin amber, dated to the mid-Cretaceous. The genus morphology has a strong and robust maxilla and a highly modified galea. It had a nasal with prominent teeth and lack lacinia.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cretoloricera electra". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=473189.
- ↑ Liu, Hua; Makarov, Kirill V.; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Xiao, Chuantao; Luo, Cihang (2023-08-01). "Cretoloricera electra gen. et sp. nov., the oldest record of Loricerini (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae: Loricerinae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber". Cretaceous Research 148: 105540. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105540. ISSN 0195-6671. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566712300068X.
Wikidata ☰ Q123414015 entry
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