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IRMNG taxon detailsPlesiorycteropodidae Patterson, 1975 †
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Placement of this family is controversial; it is assigned to Bibymalagasia in Walker, 2018, following Benoit et al., 2015,...
Taxonomic remark Placement of this family is controversial; it is assigned to Bibymalagasia in Walker, 2018, following Benoit et al., 2015, however Buckley, 2013 considers that the sole included genus Plesiorycteropus should instead be assigned to the order Tenrecoidea (tenrecs). [details]
IRMNG (2022). Plesiorycteropodidae Patterson, 1975 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100876 on 2025-01-15
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Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]
additional source Buckley, M. (2013). A molecular phylogeny of Plesiorycteropus reassigns the extinct mammalian order 'Bibymalagasia'. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 8(3): e59614., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059614 note: inferred: Plesiorycteropus placed in Tenrecoidea (family status not discussed) [details] additional source Benoit, J.; Lehmann, T.; Vatter, M.; Lebrun, R.; Merigeaud, S.; Costeur, L.; Tabuce, R. (2015). Comparative anatomy and three-dimensional geometric-morphometric study of the bony labyrinth of Bibymalagasia (Mammalia, Afrotheria). <em>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.</em> 35(3): e930043., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.930043 [details] taxonomy source Nowak, R. M. (2018). Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians. Johns Hopkins University Press. [details] name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. note: listed as subfamily, no family given (logic unclear), however authority would be unchanged in either case [details] current name source Nowak, R. M. (2018). Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians. Johns Hopkins University Press. [details] extant flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details] habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details] Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Placement of this family is controversial; it is assigned to Bibymalagasia in Walker, 2018, following Benoit et al., 2015, however Buckley, 2013 considers that the sole included genus Plesiorycteropus should instead be assigned to the order Tenrecoidea (tenrecs). [details]
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