Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates

J. P. Hugot, S. L. Gardner, V. Borba, P. Araujo, D. Leles, A. A. S. Da-Rosa, J. Dutra, L. F. Ferreira, and A. Araújo

2014

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Parasites and Vectors 7(486):1-8

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Heteroxynematidae
• Oxyurida
• Paleoxyuris
• Paleoxyuris cockburni

Taxonomy:

• Heteroxynematidae belongs to Oxyurida - Hugot et al. (2014)
• Oxyurida belongs to Nemata - Hugot et al. (2014)
• Paleoxyuris belongs to Heteroxynematidae - Hugot et al. (2014)
• Paleoxyuris cockburni belongs to Paleoxyuris - Hugot et al. (2014)