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Blarinella (Asiatic short-tailed shrew)

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Blarinella was named by Thomas (1911). It is extant. Its type is Sorex quadraticauda.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Blarinella Thomas
1967Blarinella Van Valen
1986Blarinella George p. 153
1988Blarinella 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
tribeSoriciniFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusBlarinellaThomas 1911

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. Blarinella Thomas 1911 [Asiatic short-tailed shrew]
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 8.72500 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Blarinella sp. (11798)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Blarinella sp. (44219 44220 44223 44224)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Kozani) Blarinella dubia (205089 205090)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Blarinella dubia (174455)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Greece (Rhodes) Blarinella sp. (68046)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) Blarinella sp. (202499)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China Blarinella sp. (13485)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Blarinella dubia (32240)
MN 14 - MN 155.09 - 3.55Poland Blarinella dubia (33873)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Florina) Blarinella sp. (214354)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.58 - 2.58Greece Blarinella sp. (34607)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Blarinella sp. (214689)