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Saturninia carbonum

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Saturninia carbonum was named by Sigé and Storch (2001). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CeV-3001, a mandible (dext. with i2-m3). Its type locality is Geiseltal, Cl V, Grube "Cecilie", Trichter Nord, which is in an Eocene lacustrine horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Saturninia carbonum Sigé and Storch p. 344 figs. Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
subfamilyNyctitheriinaeSimpson 1928
genusSaturniniaStehlin 1940
speciescarbonum

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.

Saturninia carbonum Sigé and Storch 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Sigé and G. Storch 2001Saturninia de taille assez grande. Processus coronoïde à pilier antérieur redressé, crête labial vive et fosse massétérique profonde. p2 et p3 subégales, sans réduction particulière. p4 aussi forte que les molaires, molariforme, à talonide développé et fort hypoconide. Molairesà trigonide redressé; crête oblique à jonction basse et labial; ectoflexide court; entoconide et hypoconulide crestiformes. m3 à talonide étendu.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 06:52:41
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:33:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Saturninia carbonum (type locality: 45734)