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Asionyctia guoi

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Asionyctia guoi was named by Missiaen and Smith (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IMM 2004-SB-1, a mandible (left dentary with p4-m1). Its type locality is Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site), which is in a Gashatan fluvial-lacustrine conglomerate in the Nomogen Formation of China. It is the type species of Asionyctia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Asionyctia guoi Missiaen and Smith

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
subfamilyAsionyctiinae
genusAsionyctia
speciesguoi

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.

†Asionyctia guoi Missiaen and Smith 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:08:46
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:08:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hooker 2001, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Asionyctia guoi (type locality: 71076)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Xinjiang) Asionyctia guoi (174687)