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Notiosorex (gray shrew)

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Notiosorex was named by Baird (1877) [named as a subgenus of Sorex by Coues 1877; raised to genus level]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neomyini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986); to Soricidae by Baird (1877), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988); and to Nectogalini by Gunnell et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Notiosorex Baird
1967Notiosorex Van Valen
1980Notiosorex Kurten and Anderson p. 113
1986Notiosorex George p. 153
1988Notiosorex Carroll
2008Notiosorex Gunnell et al.

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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
tribeNectogaliniAnderson 1879
genusNotiosorexBaird 1877

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. Notiosorex Baird 1877 [gray shrew]
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Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 [Crawford's gray shrew]
†Notiosorex jacksoni Hibbard 1950
†Notiosorex repenningi Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 9.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Arizona) Notiosorex sp. (19610)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Notiosorex jacksoni (19931) Sorex sp. (19932)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Chihuahua) Notiosorex repenningi (20071)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Notiosorex sp. (19654)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Notiosorex sp. (20540 28237) Paracryptotis sp. (19705)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Notiosorex jacksoni (20060)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nevada) Notiosorex sp. (19965)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Notiosorex crawfordi (237076)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Notiosorex crawfordi (20164)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Notiosorex crawfordi (20445 20446)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Notiosorex crawfordi (20295)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Notiosorex jacksoni (20125)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Notiosorex sp. (93140)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Notiosorex crawfordi (20623)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Notiosorex sp., Notiosorex crawfordi (106400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Notiosorex crawfordi (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Notiosorex crawfordi (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Notiosorex crawfordi (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Notiosorex crawfordi (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Notiosorex crawfordi (74474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Notiosorex crawfordi (63724)