| Cretamyzidae Temporal range: Campanian Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Aphidoidea |
| Family: | β Cretamyzidae Heie, 1992 |
Cretamyzidae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. It contains the single genus Cretamyzus, known from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada. The type species C. pikei was described from the Upper Campanian Grassy Lake amber from the Foremost Formation. Another indeterminate specimen of the genus was found in amber in the Dinosaur Park Formation associated with a Prosaurolophus dentary.
References
- Cretamyzidae at Paleobiology Database
- O. E. Heie. 1992. Descriptions, in New aphids in Cretaceous amber from Alberta (Insecta, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 124:1027-1053
- McKellar, Ryan C.; Jones, Emma; Engel, Michael S.; Tappert, Ralf; Wolfe, Alexander P.; Muehlenbachs, Karlis; Cockx, Pierre; Koppelhus, Eva B.; Currie, Philip J. (2019-11-29). "A direct association between amber and dinosaur remains provides paleoecological insights". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 17916. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54400-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6884503. PMID 31784622.
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