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Saturninia beata

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Saturninia beata was named by Crochet (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grisollensis, S. rigassii, S. tobieni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Saturninia beata Crochet

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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
genusSaturniniaStehlin 1940
speciesbeataCrochet 1974

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.

†Saturninia beata Crochet 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 06:52:41
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:33:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Saturninia beata (12840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Saturninia beata (12841 12842 12849)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Saturninia beata (12850)