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Limnoecus niobrarensis

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Limnoecus niobrarensis was named by Macdonald (1947). Its type locality is Fort Niobrara, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was synonymized subjectively with Limnoecus tricuspis by James (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Limnoecus niobrarensis Macdonald
1967Limnoecus niobrarensis Repenning
1972Limnoecus niobrarensis Lindsay

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyLimnoecinaeRepenning 1967
genusLimnoecus
speciesniobrarensis

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.

†Limnoecus niobrarensis Macdonald 1947
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Limnoecus niobrarensis (18303)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) Limnoecus niobrarensis (18632 18659 18666 18667 18668 18670 164388)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Limnoecus niobrarensis (type locality: 18165)