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Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus was named by Poinar (2009). Its type specimen is OSU B-C-42, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Palaeocryptorhynchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Poinar p. 588 figs. 1-7
2010Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Legalov p. 96
2012Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Legalov p. 692
2015Paleocryptorhynchus burmanus Legalov p. 1484
2015Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Legalov and Poinar p. 562 figs. 11, 12
2018Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus Clarke and Oberprieler p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
tribePalaeocryptorhynchini()
genusPalaeocryptorhynchus
speciesburmanus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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 (Kachin) Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus (type locality: 104053)