Cretevania
Encyclopedia
Cretevania is an extinct genus
of evaniid
which existed in what is now China
, England
, Lebanon
, Mongolia
, Russia
and Spain
during the Cretaceous
period. It was named by Rasnitsyn in 1975
, and the type species
is Cretevania minor.
after Peñalver et al. (2010).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of evaniid
Evaniidae
Evaniidae, also known as the ensign wasps or hatchet wasps, is a family of parasitic wasps. It numbers around 20 extant genera containing over 400 described species, and is found all over the world except in the polar regions...
which existed in what is now China
China
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Lebanon
Lebanon
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, Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Spain
Spain
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during the Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
period. It was named by Rasnitsyn in 1975
1975 in paleontology
-Newly named dinosaurs:Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.-New taxa:-New taxa:...
, and the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Cretevania minor.
Species
- C. alcalai Peñalver et al., 20102010 in paleontology-Anomalocaridids:-Newly named crustaceans:-Newly named insects:* A new family, Cascopleciidae, is published by Poinar Jr.* A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs....
- C. alonsoi Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. concordia Rasnitsyn, Jarzembowski & Ross, 1998
- C. cyrtocerca (Deans, 2004) Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. major Rasnitsyn, 1975
- C. meridionalis Rasnitsyn, 1991
- C. minor Rasnitsyn, 1975 (typeType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
) - C. minuta Rasnitsyn, 1975
- C. montoyai Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. pristina (Zhang & Zhang, 2000) Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. rubusensis Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. vesca (Zhang, Rasnitsyn, Wang & Zhang, 2007) Peñalver et al., 2010
- C. exquisita (Zhang, Rasnitsyn, Wang & Zhang, 2007) Peñalver et al., 2010
Phylogeny
CladogramCladogram
A cladogram is a diagram used in cladistics which shows ancestral relations between organisms, to represent the evolutionary tree of life. Although traditionally such cladograms were generated largely on the basis of morphological characters, DNA and RNA sequencing data and computational...
after Peñalver et al. (2010).