Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Alternative combination: Meterix latidens
Full reference: E. R. Hall. 1929. A second new genus of hedgehog from the Pliocene of Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 18(8):227-231
Belongs to Plesiosorex according to R. Ziegler 2009
See also Green 1977 and Hall 1929
Sister taxa: Plesiosorex aydarlensis, Plesiosorex coloradensis, Plesiosorex donroosai, Plesiosorex evolutus, Plesiosorex germanicus, Plesiosorex greeni, Plesiosorex schaffneri, Plesiosorex soricinoides, Plesiosorex styriacus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nevada, Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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