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Paranyctoides sternbergi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Paranyctoides sternbergi was named by Fox (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paranyctoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Paranyctoides sternbergi Fox
1984Paranyctoides sternbergi Fox p. 14
2004Paranyctoides sternbergi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506
2013Paranyctoides sternbergi Montellano et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
genusParanyctoides
speciessternbergi

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.

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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Edmontonian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Paranyctoides sternbergi (14451 type locality: 14463)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Paranyctoides sternbergi (45674)
Edmontonian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Paranyctoides sternbergi (14496)