Eophasma

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Eophasma
Temporal range: Sinemurian
Holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Desmoscolecida
Family: Eophasmidae
Poinar, 2011
Genus: Eophasma
Arduini, Pinna & Teruzzi, 1983
Species:
E. jurasicum
Binomial name
Eophasma jurasicum
Arduini, Pinna & Teruzzi, 1983

Eophasma is a

Osteno in Lombardy, Italy.[1][2]
It has only one species, Eophasma jurasicum.

In 2011, the genus was placed in the new family Eophasmidae Poinar, 2011, which is itself placed in the order Desmoscolecida, superfamily Desmoscolecoidea.[3]

References

  1. ^ Arduini, P.; Pinna, G.; Teruzzi, G. (1983). "Eophasma jurasicum n. g. n. sp., a new fossil nematode of the Sinemurian of Osteno in Lombardy". Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano. 124: 61–64.
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