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Microrhopalodites polynucleatis
Microrhopalodites polynucleatis Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 9. 18 Feb 2009
- Name
- Microrhopalodites polynucleatis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Microrhopalodites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poinar G. O.
- Publication
- Description of an early Cretaceous termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and its associated intestinal protozoa, with comments on their co-evolution [2009/2]
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 9
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- bodies
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- 98.79 Ma ± 0.62 (ca. 99) Ma [in amber]
- Location
- Amber mine, Hukawng Valley, southwest of Maingkhwan, Kachin state (26°20'N, 96°36'E), Myanmar (Burma)
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
- Repository Number
- Specimen B-I-2; Poinar amber collection
- Diagnosis
- Large cell, with knob-shaped anterior rostral area; total length, 159 μm; greatest width, 116 μm; length rostral area, 47 μm; width rostral area, 52 μm; at least 3 small nuclei positioned at base of rostral area; flagella attached to corona area beneath base of rostellum.
