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Parvericius

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Parvericius was named by Koerner (1940) [status called into question by L. Macdonald 1972, but no action taken, and genus upheld by all later authors]. It is not extant. Its type is Parvericius montanus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Amphechinus by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Erinaceidae by Koerner (1940), Rich (1981); and to Amphechinini by Gunnell et al. (2008).

Species
P. buk, P. montanus (type species), P. voorhiesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Parvericius Koerner
1981Parvericius Rich
2008Parvericius Gunnell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
tribeAmphechininiGureev 1979
genusParvericius

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.

G. †Parvericius Koerner 1940
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†Parvericius buk Ziegler et al. 2007
†Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940
†Parvericius voorhiesi Korth 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Clarendonian or 24.70000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) P. montanus (17476)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) P. sp. (17543)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) Amphechinus sp. (17764)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1Canada (Saskatchewan) P. montanus (17526)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (South Dakota) P. montanus (17561 17564)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. montanus (17792) P. sp. (17843 28043 69806 69807) P. voorhiesi (17802 17816)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Colorado) P. montanus (18978)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) P. montanus (17892 17963 26019 69808)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Wyoming) P. montanus (19074 19075 19076)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) P. montanus (17877 17912 17913 17914) P. sp. (17878)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) P. montanus (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) P. montanus (18027 18031 18090 18102 18141 18164 18208 18240 18261 18275 18284 18442 18454)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) P. montanus (18759)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Russian Federation (Irkutsk) P. buk (205812)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18082)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) P. buk (75600)