Cretotortor Explained

Cretotortor is an extinct genus of fossil beetles in the family Gyrinidae, containing the following species:^[1]

• Cretotortor archarensis Ponomarenko, 1977 Darmakan Formation, Russia, Paleocene (Danian)
• Cretotortor zherichini Ponomarenko, 1973 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

Notes and References

1. http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Gyrinidae.txt Gyrinidae Species List