Extinct genus of parasitic flagellate protist in the Kinetoplastea class
Paleoleishmania
Temporal range: Albian–Burdigalian
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Paleolishmania proterus in the gut of the Cretaceous sand fly Palaeomyia burmitis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Euglenozoa
Class:
Kinetoplastea
Order:
Trypanosomatida
Family:
Trypanosomatidae
Genus:
†Paleoleishmania Poinar & Poinar 2004
Type species
Paleoleishmania proterus
Poinar & Poinar 2004
Species
†P. neotropicum Poinar 2008
†P. proterus Poinar & Poinar 2004
Paleoleishmania is an extinct genus of kinetoplastids, a monophyletic[1] group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. At present it is placed in the family Trypanosomatidae. The genus contains two species, the type species Paleoleishmania proterus and the later described Paleoleishmania neotropicum.[2]
The genus is known from the Albian aged[3] Burmese amber deposits of northern Myanmar and the Burdigalian[4] aged Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[2]
^Hamilton PB, Stevens JR, Gaunt MW, Gidley J, Gibson WC (2004). "Trypanosomes are monophyletic: evidence from genes for glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase and small subunit ribosomal RNA". Int. J. Parasitol. 34 (12): 1393–404. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.08.011. PMID 15542100.
^ abPoinar, G. (2008). "Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber". Parasites & Vectors. 1 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-22. PMC 2491605. PMID 18627624.
^Poinar, G.O.; Buckley, R. (2007). "Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber". Mycological Research. 111 (4): 503–506. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004. PMID 17512712.
^Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.
Paleoleishmania is an extinct genus of kinetoplastids, a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. At present it is placed in the...
sandflies). The family is known from fossils of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania preserved in Burmese amber dating to the Albian (100 mya) and Dominican...
what appear to be parasitic blood worms similar to the prehistoric Paleoleishmania but are 10-100 times larger, that seemed to have caused the osteomyelitis...
fly subfamily Phlebotominae. L. adiketis is a vector of the extinct Paleoleishmania neotropicum and both species are solely known from early Miocene Burdigalian...
humans. Members of an ancient genus of Leishmania-like parasites, Paleoleishmania, have been detected in fossilized sand flies dating back to the early...
Numerous organisms have been described from amber specimens including: Paleoleishmania neotropicum Trypanosoma antiquus Discoflorus neotropicus Hymenaea protera...
what appear to be parasitic blood worms similar to the prehistoric Paleoleishmania but are 10-100 times larger, that seemed to have caused the osteomyelitis...
in amber (fossilized tree resin) or under unusual conditions (e.g., Paleoleishmania, a kinetoplastid). Others are relatively common in the fossil record...
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