Title | Paleoleishmania proterus n. gen., n. sp., (Trypanosomatidae : Kinetoptastida) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Authors | Poinar, GO, Poinar, R |
Journal | Protist |
Volume | 155 |
Pagination | 305-310 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 1434-4610 |
Abstract | A trypanosomatid (Trypanosomatidae: Kinetoplastida) associated with a blood-filled female sand fly in Cretaceous Burmese amber, is described in the new genus and species, Paleoleishmania proterus. The genus Paleoleishmania is established as a collective genus for digenetic fossil trypanosomes associated with sand flies. Amastigotes, promastigotes and paramastigotes are described. Paleoleishmania proterus is the first fossil kinetoplastid and provides a minimum age for the digenetic Trypanosomatidae. Its discovery indicates that vector-borne pathogens had been established by the Early Cretaceous. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000224441100007 |
DOI | 10.1078/1434461041844259 |