| Cretoloricera Temporal range:
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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]
- ^ "Cretoloricera electra". PaleoDB.
- ^ 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.