• †Cretopone in Ponerinae: Dlussky, 1975a: 119.
• †Cretopone incertae sedis in †Sphecomyrminae: Wilson, 1987b: 49.
• †Cretopone incertae sedis in †Armaniinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 [†Armaniidae]; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 25.
• †Cretopone incertae sedis in Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 49, 180; Barden, 2017: 2.
• †Cretopone as junior synonym of †Sphecomyrma?: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9.
• †Cretopone incertae sedis in poneromorph subfamilies: Bolton, 2003: 49, 180.
• †Cretopone as genus: Dlussky, 1975a: 119; Wilson, 1987b: 49; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 25; Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7; Bolton, 2003: 180; Barden, 2017: 2; Borysenko, 2017: 20.
• †Cretopone excluded from Formicidae, incertae sedis in Hymenoptera, Aculeata: Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7; Borysenko, 2017: 20.

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