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Siphonophoridae

Myriapoda - Siphonophorida - Siphonophoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Siphonophoridae Newport
1981Siphonophoridae Shear
1992Siphonophoridae Santiago-Blay and Poinar p. 366
2018Siphonophoridae Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 638
2018Siphonophoridae Wesener and Moritz p. 1134
2019Siphonophoridae Jiang et al. p. 35

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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
familySiphonophoridaeNewport 1844
familySiphonophoridaeNewport 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.

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
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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Siphonophora hui (161726 199763) Siphonophoridae indet. (144466 184692 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)