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Ausktribosphenos nyktos

Mammalia - Ausktribosphenidae

Taxonomy
Ausktribosphenos nyktos was named by Rich et al. (1997). Its type specimen is MSC 007, a mandible (mandible with three teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park, which is in a Barremian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the "Wonthaggi" Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ausktribosphenos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich et al. p. 1439 figs. 2-3
1998Ausktribosphenos nyktos Kool et al. p. 4
1999Ausktribosphenos nyktos Kool et al. p. 5
2000Ausktribosphenos nyktos Kool et al. p. 11
2001Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich p. 14
2002Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich p. 14
2004Ausktribosphenos nyktos Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206-207
2022Ausktribosphenos nyktos Flannery et al. p. 6
2023Ausktribosphenos nyktos Poropat et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
familyAusktribosphenidae
genusAusktribosphenos
speciesnyktos

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.

Ausktribosphenos nyktos Rich et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Australia (Victoria) Mammalia indet. (type locality: 51961)