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Anourosorex oblongus

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Anourosorex oblongus was named by Storch and Qiu (1991). Its type specimen is IVVP V 9735, a mandible (sin. with m1-m3), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lufeng, Section D, Layer 6, which is in a Turolian terrestrial lignite in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Anourosorex oblongus Storch and Qiu p. 610 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 31

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNeomyiniMatschie 1909
genusAnourosorexMilne-Edwards 1872
speciesoblongus

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.

†Anourosorex oblongus Storch and Qiu 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Storch and Z. Qiu 1991Small. Trigonid of m1 extremely elongate (slightly more than twice the length of the talonid). Hypocone lobe of P4 and M1-2 small. Anterior occlusal outline of P4 squared, not acute. M1 legthened mesiodistally, with exaggerated parastyle and subdued mesostyle. Lower molars without entocristid and without of with faintly indicated labial cingulid.