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Parasorex ibericus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy

Galerix iberica was named by Mein and Martín-Suárez (1993). Its type specimen is UG OTU-1 53, a mandible (Fragment mandible sin. with p2-m1 and alveoli of the anterior teeth), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Parasorex ibericus by van den Hoek Ostende (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1993	Galerix iberica Mein and Martín-Suárez pp. 724-726
2001	Parasorex ibericus van den Hoek Ostende

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
family	Erinaceidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Galericinae	Pomel 1848
genus	Parasorex	von Meyer 1865
species	ibericus	()

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.

†Parasorex ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. Mein and E. Martín-Suárez 1993	Galerix of smaller size than G. socialis. Dental formula 3143/2143: Contrary to the forms from the Middle Miocene, it has only two incisors in the mandible (due to the loss of the i3). p1 and p2 have only one root (except for the Vallesian populations in which the p2 still conserves two roots). The p3 is longer than the p2. In m1 and m2 te posterior cingulum, short and low, does not reach the occlusal surface. P4 has a sigmoidal anterior border, and a low parastyle. Upper molars with a tendency to form a posthypocrista, that reaches the posterior border of the tooth. Upper molars with their posterior cingulum very much reduced, especially in the M3.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

semifossorialf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2012-05-14 22:01:37

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: base of the MN 13 to the top of the Messinian or 6.96500 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Spain	Parasorex ibericus (174643)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Piedmont)	Parasorex ibericus (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
MN 13	6.965 - 5.09	Spain	Galerix iberica (68317)