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Nyctitherium nitidum

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Talpavus nitidus was named by Marsh (1872). Its type specimen is YPM 13511, a mandible (fragment of left jaw with M2 and talonid of M1), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nyctitherium nitidus by Matthew (1909); it was recombined as Nyctitherium nitidum by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Talpavus nitidus Marsh p. 128
1902Talpavus nitidus Hay p. 738
1909Nyctitherium nitidus Matthew
1930Nyctitherium nitidum Hay p. 434
1962Talpavus nitidus McKenna et al.
1966Talpavus nitidus Robinson
1968Talpavus nitidus Robinson
1976Talpavus nitidus Krishtalka

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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
speciesnitidum()

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 nitidum Marsh 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available