Cretacimermis
Cretacimermis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Mermithida |
Family: | Mermithidae |
Genus: | †Cretacimermis Poinar, 2001[1] |
Type species | |
†Heleidomermis libani | |
Species | |
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Cretacimermis is a collective group genus of fossil nematodes from the Cretaceous that cannot be placed in extant genera.
Species[]
- †C. aphidophilus Poinar, 2017[3]
- †C. chironomae Poinar, 2011[4]
- †C. libani (Poinar, Acra & Acra, 1994)[1][2]
- †C. protus Poinar & Buckley, 2006[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Poinar, G. O. (2001). "Nematoda and Nematomorpha". In Thorp, J.H.; Covich, A.P. (eds.). Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates (2nd ed.). New York, NY, USA: Academic Press. pp. 255–295. doi:10.1016/B978-012690647-9/50010-7.
- ^ a b Poinar, G. O.; Acra, A.; Acra, F. (1994). "Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in cretaceous Lebanese amber" (PDF). Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 17 (5): 475–477.
- ^ Poinar, G. O. (2017). "A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association". Nematology. 19 (5): 509–513. doi:10.1163/15685411-00003063.
- ^ Poinar, G. O. (2011). "Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa". The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. Vol. 9. Brill Publishers. pp. 247–357. doi:10.1163/9789047428664_015. ISBN 9789004175211.
- ^ Poinar, G. O.; Buckley, R. (2006). "Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in early Cretaceous amber". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 93 (1): 36–41. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006. PMID 16737709.
Categories:
- Mermithidae
- Prehistoric protostome genera
- Enoplea genera
- Taxa named by George Poinar Jr.
- Enoplea stubs