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Nyctitherium curtidens

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Nyctitherium curtidens was named by Matthew (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 12055, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scenopagus priscus by Robinson (1968) and Gazin (1976); it was recombined as Scenopagus curtidens by Krishtalka (1976), Krishtalka (1976), Gunnell et al. (1992) and Zonneveld et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew
1930Nyctitherium curtidens Hay p. 434
1976Scenopagus curtidens Krishtalka
1992Scenopagus curtidens Gunnell et al.
2000Scenopagus curtidens Zonneveld 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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
genusNyctitherium
speciescurtidens

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.

Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available