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Palaeonema

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Palaeonema
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Enoplida
Family: Palaeonematidae
Poinar, Kerp & Hass, 2008
Genus: Palaeonema
Poinar, Kerp & Hass, 2008
Species:
P. phyticum
Binomial name
Palaeonema phyticum
Poinar, Kerp & Hass, 2008

Palaeonema an extinct genus of nematodes from the Early Devonian. It contains only one species, Palaeonema phyticum, and is the only member of the family Palaeonematidae. P. phyticum is the oldest known fossil nematode, and was parasitic upon the Rhynie chert plant Agalophyton.[1]

According to George Poinar Jr. (2011), the family Palaeonematidae is placed in the order Enoplida.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Poinar, G.; Hass, H.; Kerp, H. (2008). "Palaeonema phyticum gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Palaeonematidae fam. N.), a Devonian nematode associated with early land plants". Nematology. 10 (1): 9–14. doi:10.1163/156854108783360159. ISSN 1388-5545.
  2. ^ Poinar, G. O. (2011). "Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa". The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. Vol. 9. Brill Publishers. pp. 247–357. doi:10.1163/9789047428664_015. ISBN 9789004175211.