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Re: Dinosaur parasites

To: DML <Dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Dinosaur parasites
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:14:39 +0200
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Curious, are helminths a monophyletic group?

Anything but. The "intestine worms" are a purely medicinal assemblage consisting of Acanthocephala, parts of Plathelminthes, and parts of Nematoda. (If you google for these, also try "Platyhelminthes".)

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