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Eophasma

Enoplea - Desmoscolecida - Eophasmidae

Taxonomy
Eophasma is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Eophasma jurasicum. It is the type genus of Eophasmidae.

It was assigned to Nematoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eophasmidae by Poinar (2011).

Species
E. jurasicum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Eophasma Sepkoski
2011Eophasma Poinar p. 277

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
Nematoidea
RankNameAuthor
phylumNematodaPotts 1932
classEnopleaInglis 1983
subclassDorylaimiaInglis 1983
orderDesmoscolecidaFilipjev 1929
superfamilyDesmoscolecoideaShipley 1896
familyEophasmidae
genusEophasma

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.

G. †Eophasma
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Eophasma jurasicum Arduini et al. 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available