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Prorhynchus Hall 1885

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Prorhynchus Hall, 1885 [invalid] Original source Hall (1885): xlviii. Type species Palaeanatina quadrata Hall, 1883; by original designation. Devonian, United States of America (Pennsylvania). Gender Male. Hall (1885) and several subsequent authors (e.g., Chadwick 1935; Linsley 1994) considered the name as neuter, based on the Greek origin of the suffix ‘- rhynchus ’ (‘ῥῠ́γχος, rhynchos’), but since the ending was Latinised the name is deemed to be masculine according to ICZN Art. 30.1.3. Remarks Junior homonym of Prorhynchus Schultze, 1851 [flatworm]. Originally no classification suggested, but Hall discussed a relationship to “Palaeanatinae” (= Modiomorphidae); synonymous to Parallelodon after Newell (1969); part of the family Leiopteriidae Maillieux, 1921 according to Vokes (1967), which is today considered as a synonym of Pterineidae Meek, 1864 (Bieler et al. 2010); Amler & Friedel (2025) doubted affinities with parallelodontid arcoids.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20641044

Authors: Friedel, Julia C., Neubauer, Thomas A., Amler, Michael R. W.

Institutions: University of Cologne, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Bavarian Natural History Collections, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Philipps University of Marburg

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W7164369404

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