Paleoxyuris
Translingual
editEtymology
editpaleo- + Oxyuris from the morphological similarity to the modern pinworm genus Oxyuris of nematode
Proper noun
edit†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
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Paleoxyuris cockburni - sole accepted species
References
edit- Rhabditida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Heteroxynematidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Rhabditida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Paleoxyuris at Paleobiology Database