Paleoxyuris

Translingual

Etymology

paleo- +‎ Oxyuris from the morphological similarity to the modern pinworm genus Oxyuris of nematode

Proper noun

†Paleoxyuris f

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteroxynematidae – extinct pinworms morphologically similar to the modern genus Oxyuris that parasitized cynodonts of the time.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Oxyuridomorpha - suborder; Oxyuroidea - superfamily; Heteroxynematidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Paleoxyuris cockburni - sole accepted species

References

Rhabditida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Heteroxynematidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhabditida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Paleoxyuris at Paleobiology Database

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