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Plesiosorex evolutus

Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosorex evolutus was named by Ziegler (2006). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 2004z0182/0001 M1 sup. dext., a tooth. Its type locality is Schernham, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. martinii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Plesiosorex evolutus Ziegler p. 107 figs. Fig. 6.10
2009Plesiosorex evolutus Ziegler p. 369

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyPlesiosoricidaeWinge 1917
genusPlesiosorexPomel 1848
speciesevolutus

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.

†Plesiosorex evolutus Ziegler 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 9 to the top of the MN 10 or 11.10000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Plesiosorex evolutus (66942)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Plesiosorex evolutus (type locality: 66946)