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Nycterididae

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Nycterididae

Taxonomy
Nycterididae was named by Vanderhoevan (1855). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Sigé et al. (1994).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Nycterididae Vanderhoevan
1994Nycterididae Sigé et al.

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
familyNycterididaeVanderhoevan 1855
familyNycterididaeVanderhoevan 1855

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.

Fm. †Nycterididae Vanderhoevan 1855
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G. †Chibanycteris Sigé et al. 1994
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Chibanycteris herberti Sigé et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 56.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Tunisia Nycterididae indet. (87795)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Chibanycteris herberti (162464)