paleohaemoproteus paleohaemoproteus paleohaemoproteus is an extinct genus of haemoproteus like organisms. paleohaemoproteus scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: †paleohaemoproteus species †paleohaemoproteus burmacis the type species and only known example is that of an isolate found in the abdominal cavity of a female biting midge trapped 100 million years ago in amber found in myanmar. the amber has been dated to the early cretaceous epoch.