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Cryptotopos communis

Osteichthyes - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Cryptotopos communis was named by Ziegler (2007). Its type specimen is SMNS 47281, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ehrenstein 12, which is in a MP 22 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hartenbergeri, C. woodi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Cryptotopos communis Ziegler

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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
subfamilyNyctitheriinaeSimpson 1928
genusCryptotopos
speciescommunis

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.

†Cryptotopos communis Ziegler 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:08:46
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:08:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hooker 2001, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MP 22 or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) Cryptotopos communis (91490 183517 183518)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cryptotopos communis (184461 186443 186506 186507 186508 186509)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cryptotopos communis (117977 type locality: 118196 184462 184463 184464)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) Cryptotopos communis (91491 183520)