Tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year-old shark coprolite.

Remains of parasites in vertebrates are rare from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. Once most parasites that live in - or pass through - the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates, fossil feces (coprolites) or even intestinal contents (enterolites) can eventually preserve their remains. Here we announce th...

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Main Authors: Paula C Dentzien-Dias, George Poinar, Ana Emilia Q de Figueiredo, Ana Carolina L Pacheco, Bruno L D Horn, Cesar L Schultz
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4ccd05307ac14320b9d3384c081e4fba
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