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Neurogymnurus cayluxi

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Neurogymnurus cayluxi was named by Filhol (1877). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN Qu-8694, mandible dext. with p4, a mandible.

Synonyms
  • Cayluxotherium elegans was named by Filhol (1880). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN Qu 8690, a skull.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neurogymnurus cayluxi by Crochet (1974).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Neurogymnurus cayluxi Filhol figs. Pl. 2 figs 7, 8 & 16
1880Cayluxotherium elegans Filhol p. 1579
1974Neurogymnurus cayluxi Crochet p. 139

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusNeurogymnurusFilhol 1877
speciescayluxiFilhol 1877

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.

†Neurogymnurus cayluxi Filhol 1877
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Invalid names: Cayluxotherium elegans Filhol 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.-Y. Crochet 1974Echinosoricinae possédant (1) une formule dentaire domplète, (2) des molaires supérieures plus larges que longues (Viret, 1940, p. 64) dont la couronne se compose de cinq tuberculers (M. Friant, 1934, p. 134), (3) une P3 différente de P4, (4) des prémolaires inférieures diminuant régulièrement de taille vers l'avant, (5) une p4 très molarisée, (6) le trou mentonnier sous p3.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 25 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Neurogymnurus cayluxi (60281)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France Neurogymnurus cayluxi (60214)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Neurogymnurus cayluxi (36717)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Neurogymnurus cayluxi (36718)