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Sulimskia kretzoii

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex kretzoii was named by Sulimski (1962) [Associated with the type skull are the mandibles]. Its type specimen is MZ VIII/Vm-312/3, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Sulimskia.

It was recombined as Sulimskia kretzoii by Reumer (1984), Rzebik-Kowalska (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Sorex kretzoii Sulimski
1984Sulimskia kretzoii Reumer
1990Sulimskia kretzoii Rzebik-Kowalska

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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
tribeBlarininiKretzoi 1965
genusSulimskiaReumer 1984
specieskretzoii()

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.

†Sulimskia kretzoii Sulimski 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Sulimski 1962Dental formula is 3/2, 1/0, 3/1, 3/3. i2 small compressed, with a strong cingulum, one-cusped. p4 high, with the cingulum robust and strongly directed to the back. Cingula of molars thick and uniform. Entoconid separated. m3 with a small entoconid. Mental foramen between the roto- and the hypoconid in shallow depression. Coronoid process wide, spade-like. Masseter crest provided with a spine. Pterygoid fossa triangular, wide and deep. Upper articular facet of the condyloid process lingually expanded, oblique, the lower one long and wide, not so ablique, bearing a slight notch on its upper edge, and with the lingual end distinctly curving downward. I1 with a strong talon and cingulum, the fissident cusp not present. Arrangement ratio of the one-cuspids 2:2:1:1:0.5. P3 is small, pushed below P4. M3 small reduced. Rostrum of skull shorter.
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the MN 17 or 5.09000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Poland Sulimskia kretzoii (34681)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Sulimskia kretzoii (32240)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Sorex kretzoii (33396)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Sulimskia kretzoii (33473 33638)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Sulimskia kretzoii (32485)