Entamoebites antiquus Poinar and Boucot 2006

Protozoa - Entamoebidae

Full reference: G. Poinar and A. J. Boucot. 2006. Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology 133:245-249

Belongs to Entamoebites according to G. Poinar and A. J. Boucot 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OSU Y2 852 (2), an other (cyst). Its type locality is Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small claystone/bituminous coal in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium.

Distribution: found only at Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart

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