Prorhynchus Hall 1885

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.

Authors 3

1. Julia C. Friedel

   University of Cologne

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany

2. Thomas A. Neubauer Aachen Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Bavarian Natural History Collections · Naturalis Biodiversity Center · Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie

   Affiliation as printed

   SNSB - Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Michael R. W. Amler

   University of Cologne · Philipps University of Marburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany. & Department of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 10, 35032 Marburg, Germany