Cretamyzidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of true bugs}}

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| taxon = Cretamyzidae

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Cretamyzidae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=213998 Cretamyzidae] at Paleobiology Database 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.O. E. Heie. 1992. Descriptions, in New aphids in Cretaceous amber from Alberta (Insecta, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 124:1027-1053 Another indeterminate specimen of the genus was found in amber in the Dinosaur Park Formation associated with a Prosaurolophus dentary.{{Cite journal|last1=McKellar|first1=Ryan C.|last2=Jones|first2=Emma|last3=Engel|first3=Michael S.|last4=Tappert|first4=Ralf|last5=Wolfe|first5=Alexander P.|last6=Muehlenbachs|first6=Karlis|last7=Cockx|first7=Pierre|last8=Koppelhus|first8=Eva B.|last9=Currie|first9=Philip J.|date=2019-11-29|title=A direct association between amber and dinosaur remains provides paleoecological insights|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=9|issue=1|pages=17916|doi=10.1038/s41598-019-54400-x|pmid=31784622 |pmc=6884503 |issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}