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Cubanycteris silvai

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Cubanycteris silvai was named by Mancina and García-Rivera (2005). Its type specimen is No. IES 1.5540, a partial skeleton (partial skull plus articulated mandible and complete humerus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cueva GEDA, which is in a Pleistocene cave limestone in Cuba. It is the type species of Cubanycteris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Cubanycteris silvai Mancina and García-Rivera p. 24

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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
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
subfamilyStenodermatinae
tribeStenodermatini
subtribeStenodermatina
genusCubanycteris
speciessilvai

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.

Cubanycteris silvai Mancina and García-Rivera 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Cubanycteris silvai (type locality: 78640)