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Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri

Myriapoda - Siphonophorida - Siphonorhinidae

Taxonomy
Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri was named by Moritz et al. (2025). Its type specimen is ZFMK MYR13870, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Protosiphonorhinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri Moritz et al. p. 82 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classMyriapoda()
—DignathaTiegs 1947
RankNameAuthor
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
—ColobognathaBrandt 1834
orderSiphonophoridaNewport 1844
familySiphonorhinidaeCook 1895
genusProtosiphonorhinus
speciespatrickmuelleri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri Moritz et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri (type locality: 184444)