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Nakusia

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Nakusia Ginsburg et al. p. 211 figs. 3-4
2014Nakusia Cooper et al. p. 5
2014Nakusia Rose et al.
2020Nakusia Rose et al. p. 19

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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
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
genusNakusia

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. †Nakusia Ginsburg et al. 1999
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Nakusia shahrigensis Ginsburg et al. 1999
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Ginsburg et al. 1999Anthracobunidae of very small size. Protocone of P4 and paraconulus and metaconulus of M2 much stronger than in Anthracobune (sensu Wells and Gingerich 1983); P4 wider with more reduced cingula than in Pilgrimella (sensu Wells and Gingerich 1983); M1 much wider and shorter than in Pilgrimella and Lammidhania.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: browsero
Diet 2: grazero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:26
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:26
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan N. shahrigensis (180564)