''Cretodytes'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family
Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "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 live a ...
, containing the following species:
* ''Cretodytes incertus''
Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Doronino Formation
Doronino (russian: Доронино) 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 ...
, Russia, Early Cretaceous (
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...
)
* ''Cretodytes latipes''
Ponomarenko, 1977 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...
)
References
Dytiscidae genera
Fossil beetle genera
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