''Heydenius'' is a collective group
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of fossil
mermithid nematode
The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...
s from the
Tertiary period
The Tertiary ( ) is an obsolete Period (geology), geologic period spanning 66 million to 2.6 or 1.8 million years ago. The period began with the extinction of the non-bird, avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at t ...
that cannot be placed in extant genera.
Species
See also
* ''
Cretacimermis
''Cretacimermis'' is a collective group genus of fossil Mermithidae, mermithid nematodes from the Cretaceous that cannot be placed in extant genera.
Species
Species:
See also
* ''Heydenius''
References
Mermithidae
Prehistoric protost ...
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References
Mermithidae
Prehistoric protostome genera
Enoplea genera
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