Asionyctia, Missiaen & Smith, 2005

Missiaen, Pieter & Smith, Thierry, 2005, A new Paleocene nyctitheriid insectivore from Inner Mongolia (China) and the origin of Asian nyctitheriids, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (3), pp. 513-522 : 514

Genus Asionyctia nov.

Table 1; Figs. 1 , 2.

Type and only known species: Asionyctia guoi sp. nov.

Etymology: Composed of “Asia” for its Asian origin, and “nyctia” (from Greek nyx, nyctos —night), a common suffix in the family Nyctitheriidae ; together referring to the specific Asian character of this new nyctitheriid.

Diagnosis.—As for the type and only known species.

Figures

Fig 1. SEM micrographs of Asionyctia guoi, Gashatan ALMA (late Paleocene) from Subeng (Inner Mongolia, China). A. IMM 2001−SB−9, left dentary fragment with p4 and alveoli of i1–p3, in occlusal (A1), labial (A2) and lingual views (A3). B. IMM 2004−SB−2, right dentary fragment with p3–4 and alveoli of c–p2, in occlusal (B1), labial (B2), and lingual (B3) views.