Cretamyzidae
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| Cretamyzidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Aphidoidea |
| Family: | †Cretamyzidae Heie, 1992 |
Cretamyzidae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera.[1] 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.[2] Another indeterminate specimen of the genus was found in amber in the Dinosaur Park Formation associated with a Prosaurolophus dentary.[3]
