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Orphilus
Taxonomy
Orphilus was named by Erichson (1846). It is extant. It is the type genus of Orphilinae, Orphilini.
It was assigned to Dermestidae by Wickham (1912); to Orphilinae by Háva (2004), Zhou et al. (2022); and to Orphilini by Háva and Prokop (2004), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Háva (2015), Legalov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Dermestidae by Wickham (1912); to Orphilinae by Háva (2004), Zhou et al. (2022); and to Orphilini by Háva and Prokop (2004), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Háva (2015), Legalov et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Orphilus Erichson |
| 1912 | Orphilus Wickham p. 15 |
| 2004 | Orphilus Háva p. 154 |
| 2004 | Orphilus Háva and Prokop p. 180 |
| 2014 | Orphilus Zahradník and Háva p. 317 |
| 2015 | Orphilus Háva |
| 2022 | Orphilus Zhou et al. |
| 2025 | Orphilus Legalov et al. p. 210 |
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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.
G. Orphilus Erichson 1846
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†Orphilus dubius Wickham 1912
†Orphilus dudkoi Legalov et al. 2025
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | O. dudkoi (124202 234648) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | O. dubius (106381 125145) |