Cretomantidae
| Cretomantidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | †Cretomantidae |
Cretomantidae is an extinct family of mantises in the order Mantodea. It contains at least one genus Cretomantis, which is known from the Early Cretaceous Zaza Formation of Buryatia, Russia.[1][2][3] The genus Electromantis known from Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Taimyr amber of Russia was formerly placed in this family, but is currently considered incertae sedis within Mantodea.[4]
Genera
These two genera belong to the family Cretomantidae:
- † Cretomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
- † Electromantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
References
- ^ "Cretomantidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Cretomantidae". Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Cretomantidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Delclòs, Xavier; Peñalver, Enrique; Arillo, Antonio; Engel, Michael S.; Nel, André; Azar, Dany; Ross, Andrew (May 2016). "New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 60: 91–108. Bibcode:2016CrRes..60...91D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.001. hdl:2445/163168.