Palaeonema phyticum Poinar et al. 2008 (roundworm)

Enoplea - Enoplida - Palaeonematidae

Full reference: G. Poinar, H. Kerp, and H. Hass. 2008. Palaeonema phyticum gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Palaeonematidae fam. n.), a Devonian nematode associated with early land plants. Nematology 10:9-14

Belongs to Palaeonema according to G. O. Poinar 2011

See also Poinar et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (PBM Münster coll.), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution: found only at Rhynie cherts (PBM Münster coll.)

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