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Adapisoricidae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Adapisoricidae

Taxonomy
Adapisoricidae was named by Schlosser (1887).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985).

It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Menotyphla by Hay (1930); to Erinaceoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Erinaceomorpha by Lopatin (2006); and to Macroscelidea by Hooker and Russell (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Adapisoricidae Schlosser
1889Adapisoricidae Cope p. 876
1930Adapisoricidae Hay p. 451
1967Adapisoricidae Van Valen
2006Adapisoricidae Lopatin
2012Adapisoricidae Hooker and Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAdapisoricidaeSchlosser 1887
familyAdapisoricidaeSchlosser 1887

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Adapisoricidae Schlosser 1887
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G. †Adapisorex Lemoine 1883
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Adapisorex gaudryi Lemoine 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available