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Palaeoanguina dominicana

Enoplea - Rhabditida - Anguinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoanguina dominicana was named by Poinar (2011). Its type specimen is Poinar N-3-6A and is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Palaeoanguina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Palaeoanguina dominicana Poinar p. 302 figs. 207, 208; pl 24A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
—Nematoidea
phylumNematodaPotts 1932
classEnopleaInglis 1983
RankNameAuthor
subclassDorylaimiaInglis 1983
orderRhabditidaChitwood 1933
suborderTylenchina(Filipjev 1934)
infraorderTylenchomorphaDe Ley and Blaxter 2002
superfamilySphaerularioideaLubbock 1861
familyAnguinidae(Gray 1825)
genusPalaeoanguina
speciesdominicana

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.

†Palaeoanguina dominicana Poinar 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Palaeoanguina dominicana (type locality: 122472)