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Indonyctia cambayensis

Osteichthyes - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Indonyctia cambayensis was named by Das et al. (2022). Its type specimen is IITR/SB/VLM 929, a mandible (left dentary with crowns for p4, m2 and m3, and posterior alveolus for p3 and alveoli for m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine (IIT Roorkee collection), which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the Cambay Shale Formation of India. It is the type species of Indonyctia.

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by P. Holroyd on 2022-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Indonyctia cambayensis Das et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
genusIndonyctia
speciescambayensis

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.

†Indonyctia cambayensis Das et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available