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Table 8.1 Summary of acanthocephalan eggs found at archeological sites
Archiacanthocephalan taxon Probable origin of coprolites
Archeological site
Age or comment
Reference
Echinopardalis
C; small felid, probably Felis
tigrina
or Felis pardalis
São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, NE
Brazil
9,000 BP
Noronha et al.
(1994)
Gigantorhynchus
echinodiscus
C; anteater, Tamandua
tetradactyla
or Myrmecophaga
tridactyla
Baixão da Vaca/São Raimundo
Nonato, Piauí State, Brazil
2,955 BC
to
625 AD
Ferreira et al.
(1989)
Gigantorhynchus
echinodiscus
C; anteater, T. tetradactyla
or M.
tridactyla
Boqueirão Soberbo/Varzelândia,
Minas Gerais State, Brazil
2,955 BC
to
625 AD
Ferreira et al.
(1989)
Macracanthorhynchus
hirududinaceus
C; canid, dog?
Chehrabad salt mine/NW Iran
Fourth/fifth century CE
Mowlavi et al.
(2015)
Macracanthorhynchus
a
C; human
Antelope Cave/NW Arizona, USA 1,230 ± 40 BP
Fugassa et al.
(2011)
Moniliformis clarki
C; human
Danger cave/Utah, USA
7,839 ± 630 BC
to
1,869 ± 160 BC
Moore et al.
(1969)
H. Herlyn