Cretodytes

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Barremian|Turonian}}

| taxon = Cretodytes

| authority = Ponomarenko, 1977

}}

Cretodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:{{cite journal|last1=Prokin|first1=A.A.|last2=Petrov|first2=P.N.|last3=Wang|first3=B.|last4=Ponomarenko|first4=A.G.|year=2013|title=New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3666|issue=2|pages=137–159|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2|pmid=26217842 |url=https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/Prokin_Petrov_Wang_Ponomarenko_2013_Mesozoic_Liadytidae_Dytiscidae_z03666p159p594.pdf}}

• Cretodytes incertus Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Doronino Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
• Cretodytes latipes Ponomarenko, 1977 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)