†Alluvisorex chasseae Tedford 1961 (shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Alternative combination: Hesperosorex chasseae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford. 1961. Clarendonian Insectrivora from the Ricardo Formation, Kern County California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 60(2):57-76
Belongs to Alluvisorex according to R. L. Wilson 1968
See also Repenning 1967 and Tedford 1961
Sister taxon: Alluvisorex arcadentes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ricardo, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Dove Spring Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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