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METACERCARIAE IN COPROLITES OF SEALS OF THE GENUS PACHYPHOCA (CYSTOPHORINAE, PHOCIDAE) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS
- Authors: Tarasenko K.K.1, Sivkova T.N.2
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Affiliations:
- Borisiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Perm State Agro-Technological University named after Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov
- Issue: Vol 511, No 1 (2023)
- Pages: 405-408
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2686-7389/article/view/135671
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686738923700324
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/JMENVL
- ID: 135671
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Abstract
Coprolites of the seal Pachyphoca volkodavi from the Upper Miocene deposits (Kherson) of the Fortepyanka locality (Republic of Adygea) were studied. Two out of five seal coprolites contained a structure resembling fish muscle tissue and included objects with morphology of trematode metacercariae. Obviously, the larvae of the parasite got into the digestive tract of seals from the fish they eat. Microscopic analysis of coprolites did not reveal helminth eggs, which indicates a possible absence of infection.
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K. K. Tarasenko
Borisiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: tarasenkokk@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
T. N. Sivkova
Perm State Agro-Technological University named after Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov
Email: tarasenkokk@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Perm
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