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Cestoda (disused)

Cestoda

Taxonomy
Cestoda is a class. It is extant.

It was assigned to Platyhelminthes by Luo et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Trypanorhyncha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Cestoda Luo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumPlatyzoaCavalier-Smith 1998
phylumPlatyhelminthesGegenbaur 1859
classCestoda
classCestoda

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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Invalid names: Trypanorhyncha Diesing 1863 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Trypanorhyncha indet. (161726)