Cretamyzidae
Extinct family of true bugs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Cretamyzidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Superfamily: | Aphidoidea |
Family: | †Cretamyzidae Heie, 1992 |
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