Plesiosorex Pomel 1848 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae

Synonym: Meterix Hall 1929

Parent taxon: Plesiosoricidae according to R. Ziegler 2009

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Engesser 1972, Green 1977, Gunnell et al. 2008, Hall 1929, Korth and Evander 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rzebik-Kowalska 1993 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Butselia, Butseliinae, Ordolestes, Pakilestes, Plesiosoricinae, Pseudoneurogymnurus, Siamosorex

Subtaxa: Plesiosorex aydarlensis Plesiosorex coloradensis Plesiosorex donroosai Plesiosorex evolutus Plesiosorex germanicus Plesiosorex greeni Plesiosorex latidens Plesiosorex schaffneri Plesiosorex soricinoides Plesiosorex styriacus

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Type: Erinaceus soricinoides

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Nebraska collections)

• Miocene of Austria (3), Germany (5), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Switzerland (6), United States (22: Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences

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