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Notictis ortizii

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Notictis ortizii was named by Ameghino (1889). Its type specimen is MACN 3996, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveoli of c, p1-m2 complete, m2-4 present but broken), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Notictis.

Synonyms
  • Didelphys curvidens was named by Burmeister (1891). Its type specimen is MACN 3996, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveoli of c, p1-m2 complete, m2-4 present but broken), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Notictis ortizii by Marshall (1978) and Marshall (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Notictis ortizii Ameghino p. 912
1891Didelphys curvidens Burmeister p. 379
1978Notictis ortizi Marshall
1981Notictis ortizi Marshall
2013Notictis ortizi Goin 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusNotictis
speciesortizii

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.

†Notictis ortizii Ameghino 1889
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Invalid names: Didelphys curvidens Burmeister 1891 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available