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Burmorhinus georgei

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae

Taxonomy
Burmorhinus georgei was named by Legalov (2017). Its type specimen is ISEA MA2017/1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (ISEA Novosibirsk coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Burmorhinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Burmorhinus georgei Legalov p. 14 figs. 1-4
2018Burmorhinus georgei Clarke and Oberprieler p. 117

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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
familyMesophyletidae()
subfamilyMesophyletinae
genusBurmorhinus
speciesgeorgei

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.

†Burmorhinus georgei Legalov 2017
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, 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 Burmorhinus georgei (type locality: 182624)