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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest.
The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now-extinct marine reptiles, ammonites and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds, as well as ants and flowering plants, appeared.
The Earth During this Time Period
This map is provided by The Dinosaur Database.
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Ant Genera Known from the Cretaceous
- Afromyrma
- Afropone
- Aquilomyrmex
- Archaeopone
- Armania
- Baikuris
- Boltonimecia
- Brownimecia
- Burmomyrma
- Camelomecia
- Camelosphecia
- Cananeuretus
- Canapone
- Ceratomyrmex
- Chonidris
- Chronomyrmex
- Cretomyrma
- Dhagnathos
- Dilobops
- Dlusskyidris
- Eotapinoma
- Gerontoformica
- Haidomyrmex
- Haidomyrmodes
- Haidoterminus
- Kyromyrma
- Linguamyrmex
- Myanmyrma
- Orapia
- Poneropterus
- Protoceratomyrmex
- Protozigrasimecia
- Pseudarmania
- Sphecomyrma
- Zigrasimecia
Ant Species Known from the Cretaceous
- Afromyrma petrosa
- Afropone oculata
- Afropone orapa
- Aquilomyrmex huangi
- Archaeopone kzylzharica
- Archaeopone taylori
- Armania capitata
- Armania curiosa
- Armania pristina
- Armania robusta
- Baikuris casei
- Baikuris mandibularis
- Baikuris maximus
- Baikuris mirabilis
- Baikuris ocellantis
- Boltonimecia canadensis
- Brownimecia clavata
- Brownimecia inconspicua
- Burmomyrma rossi
- Camelomecia janovitzi
- Camelosphecia fossor
- Camelosphecia venator
- Cananeuretus occidentalis
- Canapone dentata
- Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri
- Ceratomyrmex planus
- Chonidris insolita
- Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis
- Cretomyrma arnoldii
- Cretomyrma unicornis
- Dhagnathos autokrator
- Dilobops bidentata
- Dlusskyidris zherichini
- Eotapinoma macalpini
- Gerontoformica contega
- Gerontoformica cretacica
- Gerontoformica gracilis
- Gerontoformica magna
- Gerontoformica occidentalis
- Gerontoformica orientalis
- Gerontoformica pilosa
- Gerontoformica robusta
- Gerontoformica rugosa
- Gerontoformica spiralis
- Gerontoformica sternorhabda
- Gerontoformica subcuspis
- Gerontoformica tendir
- Haidomyrmex cerberus
- Haidomyrmex davidbowiei
- Haidomyrmex scimitarus
- Haidomyrmex zigrasi
- Haidomyrmodes mammuthus
- Haidoterminus cippus
- Kyromyrma neffi
- Linguamyrmex brevicornis
- Linguamyrmex rhinocerus
- Linguamyrmex vladi
- Myanmyrma gracilis
- Myanmyrma maraudera
- Orapia minor
- Orapia rayneri
- Poneropterus sphecoides
- Protoceratomyrmex revelatus
- Protozigrasimecia chauli
- Pseudarmania aberrans
- Pseudarmania rasnitsyni
- Sphecomyrma freyi
- Sphecomyrma mesaki
- Sphecomyrma nexa
- Zigrasimecia boudinoti
- Zigrasimecia caohuijiae
- Zigrasimecia chuyangsui
- Zigrasimecia ferox
- Zigrasimecia goldingot
- Zigrasimecia hoelldobleri
- Zigrasimecia perrichoti
- Zigrasimecia thate
- Zigrasimecia tonsora
- Zigrasimecia zui