The first record of Ascaridoidea eggs discovered in Crocodyliformes hosts from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil

Autor:	Lucilene Granuzzio Camossi, Daniel Fontana Ferreira Cardia, Reinaldo J. Bertini, Luiz Antonio Letizio
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	010506 paleontology biology Ascaridoidea Coprolite Paleontology Zoology Crocodylomorpha 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Bauru Group Cretaceous Superfamily ascaridoidea Crocodyliformes Parasite hosting 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zdroj:	REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA. 21:238-244
ISSN:	2236-1715 1519-7530
Popis:	A paleoparasitological investigation was carried out on Crocodyliformes coprolites discovered in the Municipality of Santo Anastacio, in the southwestern region of the State of Sao Paulo. Individual samples were extracted from the surface and internal portion of each coprolite which revealed the presence of thick-shelled parasite eggs in three of them. The morphological characteristics of the specimens, i.e., rounded or oval shape, thick-shelled with mammillated surface, as well as their size, suggest that these eggs belong to the superfamily Ascaridoidea, which are gastrointestinal parasite nematodes of vertebrates, popularly known as “roundworms”. This is the first record of Ascaridoidea eggs discovered in Crocodyliformes hosts from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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