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Ascarites gerus

Enoplea - Rhabditida - Ascarididae

Taxonomy
Ascarites gerus was named by Poinar and Boucot (2006). Its type specimen is OSU Y2 852 (2), an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ascarites gerus Poinar and Boucot
2011Ascarites gerus Poinar p. 286 fig. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
—Nematoidea
phylumNematodaPotts 1932
classEnopleaInglis 1983
RankNameAuthor
subclassDorylaimiaInglis 1983
orderRhabditidaChitwood 1933
suborderSpirurinaRailliet and Henry 1915
infraorderAscaridomorphaDe Ley and Baxter 2002
superfamilyAscaridoideaBaird 1853
familyAscarididaeBaird 1853
genusAscarites
speciesgerus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ascarites gerus Poinar and Boucot 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Ascarites gerus (type locality: 22645)