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Nyctinomus

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Nyctinomus was named by Geoffroy (1818). It is extant.

It was assigned to Noctilioninia by Gray (1825); and to Molossidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Nyctinomus Geoffroy
1825Nyctinomus Gray p. 339
1980Nyctinomus Kurten and Anderson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
genusNyctinomusGeoffroy 1818

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. Nyctinomus Geoffroy 1818
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†Nyctinomus helveticus Revilliod 1920
†Nyctinomus stehlini Revilliod 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available