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Nyctinomus

Mammalia - 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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) N. sp. (200438)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Valencia) N. sp. (40031)