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Palaeocosmocerca burmanica

Enoplea - Rhabditida - Cosmocercidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocosmocerca burmanica was named by Poinar (2011). Its type specimen is Poinar B-N-6 and is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Palaeocosmocerca.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Palaeocosmocerca burmanica Poinar p. 287 figs. 30-32; pl 4

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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
infraorderSpiruromorphaDe Ley and Blaxter 2002
superfamilyCosmocercoideaTravassos 1925
familyCosmocercidaeTravassos 1925
genusPalaeocosmocerca
speciesburmanica

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Palaeocosmocerca burmanica (type locality: 104053)