Asionyctia guoi Missiaen and Smith, 2005

Missiaen, Pieter & Smith, Thierry, 2008, The Gashatan (late Paleocene) mammal fauna from Subeng, Inner Mongolia, China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (3), pp. 357-378 : 365

Asionyctia guoi Missiaen and Smith, 2005

Referred material: 132 jaw fragments, isolated teeth, and identifiable fragmentary teeth.

Discussion.—The nyctitheriid Asionyctia guoi , previously described from Subeng, is the type genus for the Asionyctiinae , an endemic Asian subfamily of Nyctitheriidae ( Missiaen and Smith 2005) . Since its publication, a few additional specimens have been identified, yielding a new total of 132 specimens. This makes A. guoi one of the most abundant species at Subeng, second only to Palaeostylops iturus , but does not add significant new morphological information.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.— Asionyctia guoi is currently only known from the Gashatan (late Paleocene) Nomogen Formation at Subeng (Inner Mongolia, China).