Cretothrips Grimaldi 2004 (thrips)

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 2004. Taxonomic names, in Mesozoic thrips and early evolution of the order Thysanoptera (Insecta). Journal of Paleontology 78:941-952

Parent taxon: Aeolothripidae according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021

See also Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: Aeolothrips, Archanakothrips, Fusithrips, Lithadothrips, Mymarothrips, Orothripinae, Palaeothrips, Rhipidothripoides, Sinaeolothrips, Tobleronothrips

Subtaxa: Cretothrips antiquus

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Type: Cretothrips antiquus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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