Crusafontina Gibert 1975 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Synonym: Anouroneomys Brown 1980

Parent taxon: Nectogalini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Brown 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rzebik-Kowalska 1994, Van Dam 2004 and Ziegler 2005

Sister taxa: Arctisorex, Beckiasorex, Hesperosorex, Notiosorex

Subtaxa: Anouroneomys magnus Anouroneomys minimus Crusafontina endemica Crusafontina fastigata Crusafontina kormosi Crusafontina vandeweerdi

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Miocene of Austria (8), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Spain (2), United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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