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Nyctitherium

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy

Nyctitherium was named by Marsh (1872) [also, but mistakenly said to be 1873]. Its type is Nyctitherium velox. It is the type genus of Nyctitheriidae.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Schlosser (1877); to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902); to Nyctitheriinae by Van Valen (1967), Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006); and to Nyctitheriidae by Marsh (1872), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Smith (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).

Species

Nyctilestes serotinus, N. celatus (syn. Anaptomorphus minimus), N. christopheri, N. curtidens, N. gunnelli, N. nitidum, N. priscum, N. priscus, N. serotinum, N. velox (type species)

Synonyms

Nyctilestes was named by Marsh (1872).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nyctitherium by Matthew (1909), Hay (1930), Robinson (1968), Gazin (1976), Krishtalka (1976).

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Schlosser (1877); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Nyctilestes Marsh
1872	Nyctitherium Marsh
1872	Nyctilestes Marsh p. 215
1877	Nyctitherium Schlosser p. 78
1877	Nyctilestes Schlosser p. 79
1902	Nyctilestes Hay p. 742
1902	Nyctitherium Hay p. 742
1930	Nyctitherium Hay p. 434
1967	Nyctitherium Van Valen
1986	Nyctitherium Hooker p. 239
1988	Nyctitherium Carroll
2006	Nyctitherium Lopatin
2006	Nyctitherium Smith
2008	Nyctitherium Gunnell et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
superfamily	Soricoidea	Gill 1872
family	Nyctitheriidae	Simpson 1928
genus	Nyctitherium

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.

G. †Nyctitherium Marsh 1872

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†Nyctitherium celatus Cope 1875

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Invalid names: Anaptomorphus minimus Loomis 1906 [synonym]

†Nyctitherium christopheri Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977

†Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909

†Nyctitherium gunnelli Murphey and Kelly 2017

†Nyctitherium nitidum Marsh 1872

†Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872

†Nyctitherium priscus Marsh 1872

†Nyctitherium serotinum Marsh 1872

†Nyctitherium velox Marsh 1872

Invalid names: Nyctilestes Marsh 1872 [synonym]

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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Hooker 2001

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Duchesnean or 61.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (76 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ti1	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	N. sp. (14939)
Ti4	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Saskatchewan)	N. sp. (14978)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Montana)	N. sp. (15048)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	N. sp. (14973)
Lostcabinian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	N. serotinum (15930) N. sp., Scenopagus priscus (15917) Scenopagus curtidens (16005)
Lysitean	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	N. celatum (15881)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Colorado)	N. sp. (15480 15485 15660 15845 15887)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (New Mexico)	N. sp. (15446) Scenopagus curtidens (15453)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	N. serotinum (16228 16501 16621) N. serotinum, Scenopagus curtidens (16098) N. serotinum, Scenopagus priscus (16227 16254) N. serotinum, Scenopagus priscus, Talpavus nitidus (16418) N. sp. (16296) N. sp., N. serotinum, Scenopagus curtidens, Scenopagus priscus (16499) N. velox, Scenopagus priscus, Talpavus nitidus (16244) Scenopagus curtidens (16088 16105 16107 16109 16126 16129 16137 16140 16200 16253 16273 16305 16315 16330 16345 16395 16449) Scenopagus curtidens, Talpavus nitidus (16211) Scenopagus priscus (16106 16219 16355 16388) Talpavus nitidus (16393)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Utah)	N. serotinum, Scenopagus priscus, Talpavus nitidus (16396)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	N. velox, Scenopagus priscus (16241)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	N. gunnelli (186969) N. velox (186966 186967 186968) N. velox, Scenopagus curtidens, Scenopagus priscus, N. gunnelli (93087) Scenopagus curtidens, Scenopagus priscus (186964)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	N. sp. (16697 16706 16752) N. sp., Scenopagus priscus (16719 16746 16748) Scenopagus curtidens (16677) Scenopagus priscus (16716 16733 16747)
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	Canada (Saskatchewan)	N. sp. (16626)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	N. christopheri (16514 16515 16516) N. sp. (16630)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	N. sp. (16590)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	N. christopheri (16845) N. sp. (16846)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Wyoming)	N. christopheri (16884) N. sp., N. christopheri (16826)