Nyctitheriidae

Nyctitheriidae
Temporal range: Early Paleocene–Early Oligocene
SEM images of teeth and mandible fragments of Asionyctia guoi. From Missiaen and Smith, 2005.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lipotyphla
Suborder: Soricomorpha
Family: Nyctitheriidae
Simpson, 1928
Subfamilies

Nyctitheriidae is a family of extinct eulipotyphlan insectivores known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs of North America and Asia and persisting into the Oligocene of Europe. Several genera, including Nyctitherium, Paradoxonycteris, and Wyonycteris, have initially been described as bats, although the family is more frequently placed in the order Eulipotyphla.