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Nyctitherium
Taxonomy
Nyctitherium was named by Marsh (1872) [also, but mistakenly said to be 1873]. Its type is Nyctitherium velox. It is the type genus of Nyctitheriidae.
It was assigned to Chiroptera by Schlosser (1877); to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriinae by Van Valen (1967), Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006); and to Nyctitheriidae by Marsh (1872), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Smith (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Chiroptera by Schlosser (1877); to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriinae by Van Valen (1967), Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006); and to Nyctitheriidae by Marsh (1872), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Smith (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Nyctilestes Marsh |
| 1872 | Nyctitherium Marsh |
| 1872 | Nyctilestes Marsh p. 215 |
| 1877 | Nyctitherium Schlosser p. 78 |
| 1877 | Nyctilestes Schlosser p. 79 |
| 1902 | Nyctilestes Hay p. 742 |
| 1902 | Nyctitherium Hay p. 742 |
| 1930 | Nyctitherium Hay p. 434 |
| 1967 | Nyctitherium Van Valen |
| 1986 | Nyctitherium Hooker p. 239 |
| 1988 | Nyctitherium Carroll |
| 2006 | Nyctitherium Lopatin |
| 2006 | Nyctitherium Smith |
| 2008 | Nyctitherium Gunnell et al. |
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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. †Nyctitherium Marsh 1872
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†Nyctitherium christopheri Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977
†Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909
†Nyctitherium gunnelli Murphey and Kelly 2017
†Nyctitherium nitidum Marsh 1872
†Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872
†Nyctitherium priscus Marsh 1872
†Nyctitherium serotinum Marsh 1872
†Nyctitherium velox Marsh 1872
Invalid names: Nyctilestes Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available