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Aphelenchoididae
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Nematoda : Enoplea : Rhabditida : Aphelenchoididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (20%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. O. Poinar. 1977. Fossil nematodes from Mexican amber. Nematologica 23:232-238 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bursaphelenchus genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Chalcidonema ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Cretaciaphelenchoides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Cryptaphelenchus genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Oligaphelenchoides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Palaeoaphelenchoides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1937 | Aphelenchoididae Fuchs |
1977 | Aphelenchoididae Poinar |
2011 | Aphelenchoididae Poinar p. 289 |
References
Poinar G. O. (1977) Fossil nematodes from Mexican amber, Nematologica 23, 232-238 |
Poinar G. O. (2011) , The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies, 1-429 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!