Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Parent taxon: Soricinae according to S. B. George 1986
See also Rzebik-Kowalska 1990, Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Allosoricini, Amblycoptini, Anourosoricini, Blarinini, Hemisorex, Nectogalini, Neomyini
Subtaxa: Anchiblarinella Antesorex Blarinella Deinsdorfia Drepanosorex Paenesorex Petenyia Planisorex Sorex
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), Czechia (3), France (7), Germany (15), Greece (5), Hungary (20), Italy (24), Japan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (3), Poland (9), Portugal (1), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (7), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (106: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Villafranchian of China (3), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Slovakia (1)
• MN 16 of Austria (1), Italy (2), Poland (2)
• Blancan of United States (41: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (3)
• Pliocene of Armenia (2), China (4), France (3), Germany (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Moldova (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Turolian of China (6), Greece (5), the Russian Federation (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Austria (5), China (2), France (3), Germany (7), Serbia (1), Spain (1), United States (10: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota)
Total: 371 collections including 654 occurrences