†Ascarites priscus Poinar and Boucot 2006 (roundworm)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Enoplea - Rhabditida - Ascarididae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. J. Boucot. 2006. Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology 133:245-249
Belongs to Ascarites according to G. O. Poinar 2011
Sister taxa: Ascarites gerus, Ascarites rufferi
Type specimen: OSU Y2 852 (2), an egg. Its type locality is Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small claystone/bituminous coal in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium.
Distribution: found only at Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.