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Cokia

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy

Cokia was named by Storch (1995). Its type is Petenyia robusta.

It was assigned to Soricidae by Storch (1995).

Species

C. kowalskae, C. robusta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Cokia Storch p. 228

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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
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
genus	Cokia

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. †Cokia Storch 1995

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†Cokia kowalskae Storch 1995

†Cokia robusta Rzebik-Kowalska 1989

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
G. Storch 1995	i inf., horizontal ramus of the mandible, and I sup. extremely massive. Ventral margin of horizontal ramus strongly convex. i inf. with very low and indistinct cuspules on the cutting edge. Parastyle of P4 not particularly protruding anteriorly. P4 small relative to M1. Lower molars small and low-crowned relative to mandibular ramus. m1-2 with distinctly quadrate occlusal outline, very broad and inflated labial cingulid, very prominent entocristid, and widely separated protoconid and metaconidd. m3 rather large, talonid concave but without entoconid. Posterior emargination of P4-M2 very slight. M1-2 with rectangular occlusal outline, strong and voluminous protocone, and metaloph. I sup. with shallow incision between apex and talon in lateral view.

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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.60800 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	China (Nei Mongol)	C. kowalskae (68591)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	China (Nei Mongol)	C. kowalskae (68592)
MN 14	4.9 - 4.2	Poland	Petenyia robusta (32240)
MN 15	4.2 - 3.2	Poland	Petenyia robusta (33872)