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Insectivora (insectivoran)
Taxonomy
Insectivora was named by Bowdich (1821). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1821 | Insectivora Bowdich |
1873 | Insectivora Leidy p. 336 |
1883 | Insectivora Flower p. 186 |
1889 | Insectivora Cope p. 876 |
1891 | Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
1894 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 106 |
1897 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 501 |
1898 | Insectivora Gadow p. 51 |
1902 | Insectivora Hay p. 737 |
1910 | Insectivora Gregory p. 464 |
1911 | Insectivori Jaekel p. 209 |
1930 | Insectivora Hay p. 422 |
1965 | Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225 |
1975 | Insectivora McKenna p. 42 |
1985 | Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3 |
1986 | Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37 |
1989 | Insectivora Gunnell p. 147 |
1989 | Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
1991 | Insectivora Nowak |
2004 | Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506 |
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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.
Or. Insectivora Bowdich 1821 [insectivoran]
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Subor. Menotyphla Haeckel
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Fm. Tupaiidae Gray 1825 [tree shrew]
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G. Dendrogale Gray 1848
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Dendrogale melanura Thomas 1892
Dendrogale murina Schlegel and Mueller 1843
G. Ptilocercus Gray 1848 [Pen-tailed tree shrew]
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†Ptilocercus kylin Li and Ni 2016
Ptilocercus lowii Gray 1848
Subfm. Tupaiinae Gray 1825
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G. †Prodendrogale Qiu 1986
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†Prodendrogale engesseri Ni and Qiu 2012
†Prodendrogale yunnanica Qiu 1986
G. Tupaia Raffles 1821
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Tupaia belangeri Wagner 1841
Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903
Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel 1857
Tupaia everetti Thomas 1892
Tupaia glis Dirard 1820
Tupaia gracilis Thomas 1893
Tupaia javanica Horsfield 1822 [Horsfield's treeshrew]
Tupaia longipes Thomas 1893
Tupaia minor Gunther 1876
†Tupaia miocenica Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Tupaia moellendorffi Matschie 1898
Tupaia montana Thomas 1892
Tupaia nicobarica Zelebor 1869
Tupaia palawanensis Thomas 1894
Tupaia picta Thomas 1892
Tupaia splendidula Gray 1865
†Tupaia storchi Ni and Qiu 2012
Tupaia tana Raffles 1821 [large treeshrew]
Invalid names: Cladobates Cuvier 1824 [synonym], Glipora Jentink 1888 [synonym], Glirisorex Scudder 1882 [synonym], Glisorex Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Glisosorex Giebel 1855 [synonym], Hylogale Temminck 1827 [synonym], Hylogalea Muller and Schlegel 1843 [synonym], Lyonogale Conisbee 1913 [synonym], Sorexglis Cuvier and Saint-Hilaire 1821 [synonym], Tana Lyon 1913 [synonym], Urogale Mearns 1905 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cladobatina Bonaparte 1838 [synonym], Glisoricina Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Invalid names: Adapisoriculinae Van Valen 1967 [empty], Ptilocercinae Lyon 1913 [empty]
Invalid names: Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Proglires Osborn 1902 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (106 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Insectivora indet. (37009) | |
Puercan | USA (Utah) | Insectivora indet. (14748) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (14962) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (14829) | |
Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Insectivora indet. (14812) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (14886 14912) | |
Middle Paleocene | China (Jiangxi) | Insectivora sp. (176612) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (15067) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (14931) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Insectivora indet. (37008) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (38868) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Insectivora indet. (15885) | |
Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Entomolestes sp. (15895) | |
Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Leptacodon sp. (15446) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (15892 16028) Insectivora indet. (15673 15683 15723 15842 15886 46684 46697 46707 46735 46768 46776 46793 46817) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (15680) | |
MP 10 | Spain (Catalonia) | Tillodonta indet. (182236) | |
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | Japan | Insectivora indet. (183077) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (16209 16296 16418) Nyctitheriidae indet. (16438) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Jiangsu) | Insectivora indet. (37493) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16665 16690 16692 16719 16752) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Insectivora indet. (16626) | |
Uintan | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16530) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (16624) | |
Bartonian | Spain (Barcelona) | Insectivora indet. (182220) | |
Bartonian | Myanmar | Insectivora indet. (41456) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Algeria | Insectivora indet. (59733) | |
Duchesnean | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16527) | |
Duchesnean - Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Insectivora indet. (16840) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (39643) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) | Insectivora indet. (196835) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Serbia and Montenegro (Pčinja) | Insectivora indet. (196815) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Thailand | Insectivora indet. (49078) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Spain (Baleares) | Insectivora indet. (38804) | |
MP 17A - MP 17B | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (28747) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | Eodendrogale parvum (46197) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Yunnan) | Ptilocercus kylin (175142) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Ningxia) | Insectivora indet. (182895) | |
Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Insectivora indet. (52047) | |
Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Insectivora indet. (60127) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Tupaiidae indet. (179936) | |
Chattian | USA (Florida) | Insectivora indet. (17860) | |
Chattian | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (27855) | |
Aquitanian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Tupaiidae indet. (179933) | |
Aquitanian | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (18663) | |
Miocene | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Tupaiinae indet., Palaeotupaia sivalicus (13452) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (27856 27858) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Georgia) | Insectivora indet. (55530) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Insectivora indet., Tupaia miocenica (48126) | |
Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Tupaiidae indet. (180619) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (18907) | |
MN 3 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | Insectivora indet. (46214) | |
MN 4 | Spain (Catalonia) | Insectivora indet. (176265) | |
Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (18303) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | Insectivora indet. (45594) | |
Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Insectivora indet. (58983) | |
MN 6 | Switzerland (Zürich) | Insectivora indet. (46252 46272) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Spain | Insectivora indet. (70806) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | Insectivora indet. (46276) | |
Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Tupaiidae indet., Prodendrogale yunnanica (11798) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Morocco | Insectivora indet. (34366) | |
MN 9 | Slovakia (Trnava) | Insectivora indet. (69719) | |
Baodean | China (Yunnan) | Prodendrogale engesseri, Tupaia storchi (127187) | |
Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Tupaiidae indet. (44219 44220 44221 44223 44224) | |
Turolian - Ruscinian | Greece (Xanthi) | Insectivora indet. (205296 205297) | |
MN 14 | France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) | Insectivora indet. (37048) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Pakistan | Tupaia sp. (127346) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Tupaia belangeri (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Turkey | Insectivora indet. (39314) | |
Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Insectivora indet. (92675) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (21837 21843) | |
Pleistocene | Mexico | Insectivora indet. (71317) | |
Pleistocene | Italy | Insectivora indet. (96714) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Insectivora indet. (43666) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Insectivora indet. (104797) | |
Holocene | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (79584) |