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Saturninia gracilis

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Saturninia gracilis was named by Stehlin (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Saturninia gracilis Stehlin
1974Saturninia gracilis Crochet p. 123

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
subfamilyNyctitheriinaeSimpson 1928
genusSaturniniaStehlin 1940
speciesgracilisStehlin 1940

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.

Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.-Y. Crochet 1974Nyctitheriinae (au sens de P. Robinson, 1968) dont la p3 est petite par rapport à p4. Cette dernìère n'a pas achevé sa molarisation. Le talonide des molaires est bas et creusé en bassin. L'hypoconulide est faible, l'entoconide en forme de crête. Le talonide de m3 est allongé. Les molaires supérieures sont de tpe tri-tuberculaire avec un hypocône dégagée du reste de la dent. Formule dentaire: I ?/3, C ?/1, P ?/4, M 3/3