Paleoxyuris
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Translingual
Etymology
paleo- + Oxyuris from the morphological similarity to the modern pinworm genus Oxyuris of nematode
Proper noun
†Paleoxyuris f
- 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
