†family Deinocrotonidae Peñalver et al. 2017 (tick)
Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Deinocrotonidae
Full reference: E. Peñalver, A. Arillo, S. R. Anderson and R. Pérez-de Fuente. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages. Nature Communications 8(1924):1-13
Parent taxon: Ixodida according to E. Peñalver et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Ixodoidea
Subtaxa: Deinocroton
Type: Deinocroton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Scott Anderson coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)