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Taxonomy
Heterosorex wangi was named by Storch and Qiu (1991). Its type specimen is IVPP V 9733, a mandible (sin with m1-m3), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lufeng, Section D, Layer 6, which is in a Turolian terrestrial lignite in China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Heterosorex wangi Storch and Qiu p. 606 figs. Pl. 2, fig. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Heterosorex wangi Storch and Qiu 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Storch and Z. Qiu 1991 | Fossa masseterica on the lower jaw undivided. Two antemolars between lower incisor and m1. Metnal foramen below talonid of m2. Lower incisor very massive, serrated, its posterior border extending below rear of m1 trigonid. Postcristid on lower molars terminates slightly behind entoconid, postcristid and entoconid being fused in occlusal view. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||