Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Synonym: Neoryctes Tong 1997 [replaced name]
Full reference: Y.-S. Tong. 2003. Nuryctes, a new generic name to replace Neoryctes Tong, 1997 (Mammalia, ?Insectivora, Palaeoryctidae). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(1):88
Parent taxon: Palaeoryctidae according to A. V. Lopatin and A. O. Averianov 2004
See also Lopatin 2006, Tong 1997 and Tong 2003
Sister taxa: Aaptoryctes, Aceroryctes, Deltatheridiinae, Didelphodontinae, Eoryctes, Jarveia, Lainoryctes, Ottoryctes, Palaeoryctes, Palaeoryctinae, Pararyctes, Pinoryctes, Voltaia
Subtaxa: Nuryctes alayensis Nuryctes gobiensis Nuryctes qinlingensis
Type: Neoryctes qinlingensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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