Megasorex Hibbard 1950 (red-toothed shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192
Parent taxon: Neomyini according to S. B. George 1986
See also Hibbard 1950 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Amblycoptus, Anourosorex, Builstynia, Chimarrogale, Chodsigoa, Episoriculus, Nectogale, Neomys, Neomysorex, Soriculus
Subtaxa: Megasorex gigas
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megasorex in the database
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