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Cokia kowalskae

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Cokia kowalskae was named by Storch (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V12132, a tooth (P4 sup. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ertemte 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cokia kowalskae Storch p. 233 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 87

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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
genusCokia
specieskowalskae

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.

†Cokia kowalskae Storch 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Storch 1995P4 with subtriangular occlusal outline and small hypoconal flange; protocone very strong and ridge-like, with a high, sloping lingual face. m1 and m2 of subequal size. Mental foramen placed somewhat more posteriorly, below posterior edge of m1. Alveolus of i inf. extending further posteriorly, beneath hypocone of m1.