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Anourosorex (mole shrew)

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Anourosorex was named by Milne-Edwards (1872). It is extant. Its type is Anourosorex squamipes.

It was assigned to Neomyini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986); and to Soricidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
A. oblongus, A. squamipes (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. quadratidens

Synonyms
  • Pygmura was named by Anderson (1875). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Anourosorex by Van Valen (1967).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Anourosorex Milne-Edwards
1875Pygmura Anderson
1967Anourosorex Van Valen
1986Anourosorex George p. 153
1988Anourosorex Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNeomyiniMatschie 1909
genusAnourosorexMilne-Edwards 1872

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. Anourosorex Milne-Edwards 1872 [mole shrew]
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†Anourosorex oblongus Storch and Qiu 1991
Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872
Invalid names: Pygmura Anderson 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.72500 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Anourosorex sp. (11798)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Anourosorex sp. (44219 44220 44222 44223 44224)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Anourosorex quadratidens (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Anhui) Anourosorex quadratidens (68380)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) Anourosorex sp. (235737)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Anourosorex squamipes (92787)