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Siphonophorida

Myriapoda - Siphonophorida

Taxonomy
Siphonophorida was named by Newport (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Helminthomorpha by Shear (1981); and to Colobognatha by Shear and Edgecombe (2010), Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Siphonophorida Newport
1981Siphonophorida Shear
2010Siphonophorida Shear and Edgecombe p. 181
2018Siphonophorida Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 638

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
—ColobognathaBrandt 1834
orderSiphonophoridaNewport 1844
orderSiphonophoridaNewport 1844

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.

Or. Siphonophorida Newport 1844
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Fm. Siphonophoridae Newport 1844
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G. Siphonocybe Pocock 1903
G. Siphonophora Brandt 1837
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†Siphonophora hoffmani Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1992
†Siphonophora hui Jiang et al. 2019
†Siphonophora velezi Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1992
Fm. Siphonorhinidae Cook 1895
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G. †Protosiphonorhinus Moritz et al. 2025
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†Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri Moritz et al. 2025
G. Siphonorhinus Pocock 1894
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†Siphonorhinus globosus Su et al. 2024
†Siphonorhinus peculiaris Su et al. 2024
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 100.50000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri (184444) Siphonophora hui (199763) Siphonophora hui, Siphonorhinus globosus, Siphonorhinus peculiaris (161726) Siphonophorida indet., Siphonophoridae indet., Siphonorhinidae indet. (184692) Siphonophoridae indet. (144466 196547)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Siphonophora sp. (217217 217220)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Siphonocybe sp. (122473) Siphonophora sp., Siphonophora hoffmani (122472) Siphonophora sp., Siphonophora hoffmani, Siphonophora velezi (159268)