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Nanocuris ✝

Description

Nanocuris is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from Cretaceous of Canada (Saskatchewan) and United States (Wyoming - Lance Formation). Initially was classified in a proper family, Nanocuridae, in clade Eutheria, but a reanalysis of a new specimen reveal a deltharoid affinity of the genus.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocuris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6142063https://www.gbif.org/species/6142063
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)109638https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=109638
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Deltatheridiidae : Nanocuris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Deltatheroida : Deltatheridiidae : Nanocuris
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
orderDeltatheroidaKielan-Jaworowska 1982
familyDeltatheridiidaeGregory and Simpson 1926
genusNanocurisFox Scott & Bryant 2007
Scientific NameNanocuris Fox, Scott & Bryant, 2007
Name Published InArticle title: A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nanocurisgenusbelongs to Nanocuridaestated without evidenceFox et al., 2007
Nanocurisgenusbelongs to Deltatheridiidaestated without evidenceWilson and Riedel, 2010
Nanocurisgenusbelongs to Deltatheroidastated without evidenceWilliamson et al., 2012
Nanocurisgenusbelongs to Deltatheridiidaestated with evidenceNi et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, durophage (based on Deltatheridiidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and H. N. Bryant. 2007. A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 28(5):821-829
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanocuris

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nanocuris improvida ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		272.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Nanocuris Fox et al. p. 822
2010Nanocuris Wilson and Riedel p. 873
2012Nanocuris Williamson et al.
2015Nanocuris Bi et al.
2016Nanocuris Ni et al.

References

Fox R. C., Scott C. S., et al (2007) A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada, Cretaceous Research 28 5, 821-829
Wilson G. P., Riedel J. A. (2010) New specimen reveals deltatheroidan affinities of the North American Late Cretaceous mammal Nanocuris, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3, 872-884
Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L., et al (2012) The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4, 625-651
Bi S., Jin X., et al (2015) A new Cretaceous metatherian mammal from Henan, China, PeerJ 3, e896 doi:10.7717/peerj.896
Ni X., Li Q., et al (2016) A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction, Scientific Reports 6, 38547:1-9 doi:10.1038/srep38547
Article title: A new, unusual therian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Cretaceous Research 28. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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