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Dinosorex sansaniensis

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex sansaniensis was named by Lartet (1851). It is the type species of Dinosorex.

It was recombined as Dinosorex sansaniensis by Engesser (1972) and Ziegler (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. pusillus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Sorex sansaniensis Lartet
1972Dinosorex sansaniensis Engesser
2005Dinosorex sansaniensis Ziegler p. 58

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyHeterosoricinaeViret and Zapfe 1951
genusDinosorex
speciessansaniensis(Lartet 1851)

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.

†Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available