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Episoriculus

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Episoriculus was named by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). It is extant.

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

Species
E. corsicanus, E. gibberodon
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. adroveri, E. borsodensis, E. castellarini, E. maghrebiensis
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Episoriculus Ellerman and Morrison-Scott
1967Episoriculus Van Valen
1988Episoriculus 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
genusEpisoriculusEllerman and Morrison-Scott 1951

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. Episoriculus Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
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†Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 136.965 - 5.09Greece (Rhodes) E. gibberodon (68046)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Gard) E. gibberodon (68414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) E. gibberodon (36014 36103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Austria (Lower Austria) E. gibberodon (167717)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) E. gibberodon (35076)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland E. borsodensis (32240)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Soria) E. gibberodon (40548)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Andalucia) E. gibberodon (34997)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55France (Roussillon) E. gibberodon (35064)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Aragon) E. gibberodon (32104)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) E. gibberodon (35354)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland E. gibberodon (33396)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Türkiye (Afion) E. sp. (68570)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France E. gibberodon (34397 49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco E. maghrebiensis (32052 32056)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) E. gibberodon (167680)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Italy (Sardinia) E. gibberodon (49359)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece E. gibberodon (34589)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) E. gibberodon (35358)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) E. gibberodon (35369)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Komaromesztergom) E. gibberodon (35373)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Andalucia) E. gibberodon (34998 35002)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.58 - 2.58Greece E. gibberodon (34607)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) E. gibberodon (35427) E. sp. (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) E. gibberodon (40995 41000 41001)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Catalonia) E. adroveri (68413)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania E. gibberodon (32192 32194)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) E. sp. (35432)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) E. corsicanus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Nesiotites sp. (43666 43695)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Nesiotites sp. (43705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Neomys castellarini (43645) Nesiotites sp. (43642 43655)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) E. corsicanus (215362 215363)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) E. corsicanus (215365 215376 215378)