Deinocroton

Deinocroton Temporal range: Early Cenomanian 99 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Views of male (top, mid) and engorged female (bottom) of D. draculi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	†Deinocrotonidae Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Genus:	†Deinocroton Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Type species
Deinocroton draculi Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Other species
Deinocroton copia Chitimia-Dobler, Mans, Handschuh and Dunlop, 2022 Deinocroton bicornis Chitimia-Dobler, et al. , 2024 Deinocroton lacrimus Chitimia-Dobler, et al. 2024

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.