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Nesophontes

Mammalia - Nesophontidae

Taxonomy
Nesophontes was named by Anthony (1916). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nesophontidae by Van Valen (1967), Choate and Birney (1968), Morgan (1994) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Species
N. edithae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Nesophontes Anthony
1967Nesophontes Van Valen
1968Nesophontes Choate and Birney
1994Nesophontes Morgan p. 468
2005Nesophontes 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyNesophontoideaAnthony 1916
familyNesophontidae
genusNesophontesAnthony 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.

G. †Nesophontes Anthony 1916
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Nesophontes edithae Anthony 1916 [Puerto Rican nesophontes]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available