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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()
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

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
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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Puerto Rico N. edithae (78300)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) N. micrus (152870)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Puerto Rico N. edithae (231346)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Guerra) N. paramicrus (198638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands N. sp. (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Pedernales) N. hypomicrus (186696) N. hypomicrus, N. zamicrus (186695 186697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Mayabeque) N. micrus (153777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) N. micrus (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico N. edithae (194492 231343 231344 231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) N. sp. (210540 210541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) N. sp. (144132 144134 186637 210532 210533 210542)