Eophasma is a genus of fossil nematodes from the Jurassic of Osteno in Lombardy, Italy.[1][2] It has only one species, Eophasma jurasicum.
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Scientific 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 |
In 2011, the genus was placed in the new family Eophasmidae Poinar, 2011, which is itself placed in the order Desmoscolecida, superfamily Desmoscolecoidea.[3]