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Nesophontidae

Mammalia - Nesophontidae

Taxonomy
Nesophontidae is a family.

It was assigned to Soricoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Soricomorpha by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Nesophontoidea by Lopatin (2006).

Subtaxa
Nesophontes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Nesophontidae Van Valen
2005Nesophontidae Wilson and Reeder
2006Nesophontidae Lopatin

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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
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyNesophontoideaAnthony 1916
familyNesophontidae
familyNesophontidae

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.

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G. †Nesophontes Anthony 1916
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Nesophontes edithae Anthony 1916 [Puerto Rican nesophontes]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (78300)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (231346)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Guerra) Nesophontes paramicrus (198638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Nesophontes sp. (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Pedernales) Nesophontes hypomicrus (186696) Nesophontes hypomicrus, Nesophontes zamicrus (186695 186697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Nesophontes micrus (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Nesophontes edithae (194492 231343 231344 231345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Mayabeque) Nesophontes micrus (153777)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Nesophontes sp. (210540 210541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Nesophontes sp. (144132 144134 186637 210532 210533 210542)