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Kordosia

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Kordosia was named by Mészáros (1997). Its type is Amblycoptus topali.

It was assigned to Amblycoptini by Mészáros (1997).

Species
K. topali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Kordosia Mészáros

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeAmblycoptiniKormos 1926
genusKordosia

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.

G. †Kordosia Mészáros 1997
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†Kordosia topali Jánossy 1972
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. G. Mészáros 1997Kordosia has the most reduced dental formula in the tribe Amblycoptini: 132/122. A3, M3 and m3 is always missing, ventral profile of P4 is much like an oblong. PW of M1 is far less than AW, i1 is acuspulate. On the mandible the internal temporal fossa is extremely tight.