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Scolytonema dominicana

Enoplea - Rhabditida

Taxonomy
Scolytonema dominicana was named by Poinar (2011). It 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 Scolytonema.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Scolytonema dominicana Poinar p. 327 figs. 146-150 153; pl 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
—Nematoidea
phylumNematodaPotts 1932
RankNameAuthor
classEnopleaInglis 1983
subclassDorylaimiaInglis 1983
orderRhabditidaChitwood 1933
suborderRhabditinaChitwood 1933
infraorderDiplogastromorphaDe Ley and Blaxter 2002
superfamilyDiplogastroidea(Micoletzky 1922)
genusScolytonema
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.

†Scolytonema 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 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Scolytonema dominicana (type locality: 122472 168001)