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Chordodidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Nematomorpha : Chordodidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Nematomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Nematomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Nematomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Poinar and R. Buckley. 2006. Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93:36-41 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cretachordodes ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1919 | Chordodidae May |
2006 | Chordodidae Poinar and Buckley p. 37 |
References
Poinar G., Buckley R. (2006) Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93, 36-41 |
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!