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Asioryctes nemegtensis

Mammalia - Asioryctidae

Taxonomy
Asioryctes nemegtensis was named by Kielan-Jaworowska (1975). Its type specimen is ZPal MgM-I/56, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nemegt, Southern Monadnocks (PMPE), which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Asioryctes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Asioryctes nemegtensis Kielan-Jaworowska p. 6 fig. 1
1979Asioryctes nemegtensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1984Asioryctes nemegetensis Kielan-Jaworozski p. 159
2004Asioryctes nemegtensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 499
2022Asioryctes nemegtensis Novacek 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Asioryctitheria
familyAsioryctidae()
genusAsioryctesKielan-Jaworowska 1975
speciesnemegtensis

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.

†Asioryctes nemegtensis Kielan-Jaworowska 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:33:11
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:33:11
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov) Asioryctes nemegtensis (68516)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Asioryctes nemegtensis (37184)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Asioryctes nemegtensis (11582 13776 28243 type locality: 189007)