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Taxonomy
Paenesorex bicuspis was named by Ziegler (2003) [Holotype kept in Naturmuseum Augsburg]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMA P6-01051 A1, a mandible. Its type locality is Petersbuch 6, which is in a MN 7 + 8 fissure fill horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Paenesorex.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Paenesorex bicuspis Ziegler p. 313 figs. fig. 5.1 |
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†Paenesorex bicuspis Ziegler 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Ziegler 2003 | Medium-sized soricid, characterised by the combination of the following features: soricine condyle with deep lingual emargination and broad interarticular area; lower incisor bicuspulate, two antemolars between p4 and incisor, a2 tiny, partly hidden by p4; p4 single-rooted with incipient disto-lingual basin; m inf. with weak and low entocristid; m3 talonid reduced to hypoconid and two weak crests; short maxillary zugomatic process above the posterior root of M2, infraorbital foramen above the middle to posterior root of P4 to anterior root/middle of M1, lacrimal foramen above posterior root of M1; anterior margin of the orbit above M2; 4 single rooted antemolars between P4 and incisor, A4 tiny; P4-M3 similar to Sorex. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||