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Nesophontes edithae (Puerto Rican nesophontes)

Mammalia - Nesophontidae

Taxonomy
Nesophontes edithae was named by Anthony (1916). It is extant. Its type locality is Cueva Catedral, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave siliciclastic in Puerto Rico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Nesophontes edithae Anthony
1968Nesophontes edithae Choate and Birney
2005Nesophontes edithae Wilson and Reeder

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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
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyNesophontoideaAnthony 1916
familyNesophontidae
genusNesophontesAnthony 1916
speciesedithaeAnthony 1916

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.

Nesophontes edithae Anthony 1916 [Puerto Rican nesophontes]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (78300)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (231346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (194492 231343 231344 type locality: 231345)