Deinocroton
| Deinocroton Temporal range: Early Cenomanian
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| Views of male (top, mid) and engorged female (bottom) of D. draculi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Nuttalliellidae |
| Genus: | †Deinocroton Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Deinocroton draculi | |
| Other species | |
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Deinocroton is an extinct genus of tick. It is known from four species found in Burmese amber, dating to the earliest part of the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, around 99 million years ago.