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Euronyctia belgica

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Euronyctia belgica was named by Smith (2006). Its type specimen is IRSNB M 1914, a mandible (dext. with p4, m2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Boutersem TGV, which is in a Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Borgloon Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Euronyctia belgica Smith p. 231

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
subfamilyNyctitheriinaeSimpson 1928
genusEuronyctiaSigé 1997
speciesbelgica

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.

Euronyctia belgica Smith 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Smith 2006Euronyctia de taille proche de celle de E. tobieni, aux molaires supérieures et inférieures nettement dilambdodontes. Présence d’un mésostyle et d’un précingulum ténu. Talons des P4, M1,M2 très arges, de forme arrondie pourvus d’un hypocône bien marqué. Postcingulide et cingulide antéro-labial bien développés. Présence d’une encoche sur la crête oblique (à l’emplacement d’un mésoconide). Angle formé par le bord lingual et le bord postérieur de m1 et m2, au niveau de
l’entoconide, proche de 90°.