Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Alternative spellings: Heterosoricidae, Heterosoricidae
Parent taxon: Soricidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Bendukidze et al. 2009, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2006, Reumer 1987, Rzebik-Kowalska 1994, Storch and Qiu 2004 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Alloblarinella, Allosoricinae, Alluvisorex, Beremendia, Cokia, Cretasorex, Crocidosoricinae, Crocidurinae, Limnoecinae, Lunanosorex, Nesiotites, Paenepetenyia, Parydrosorex, Petenyiella, Podihik, Protosorex, Siwalikosorex, Soricinae, Soricolestinae, Zelceina
Subtaxa: Atasorex Dinosorex Domnina Gobisorex Heterosorex Ingentisorex Lusorex Noritrimylus Paradomnina Pseudotrimylus Quercysorex Sorex kinkelini Wilsonosorex
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Turolian of China (5 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (7), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), China (3), France (2), Germany (18), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Mongolia (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (10), Türkiye (10), United States (30: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (13: California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), Czechia (1), France (3), Germany (5), Greece (1), Kazakhstan (4), Mongolia (16), Switzerland (2), United States (22: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (21: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 205 collections including 227 occurrences