Paleoxyuris

Translingual

Etymology

paleo- +‎ Oxyuris from the morphological similarity to the modern pinworm genus Oxyuris of nematode

Proper noun

†Paleoxyuris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Heteroxynematidae – extinct pinworms morphologically similar to the modern genus Oxyuris that parasitized cynodonts of the time.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Rhabditida – order; Oxyuridomorpha - suborder; Oxyuroidea - superfamily; Heteroxynematidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Paleoxyuris cockburni - sole accepted species

References

• Rhabditida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heteroxynematidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhabditida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paleoxyuris at Paleobiology Database