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Taxonomy
Sorex subminutus was named by Sulimski (1962). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MZ VIII/Vm-309/1, a skull. Its type locality is Węże, which is in a MN 15 cave breccia in Poland.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Sorex subminutus Sulimski p. 461 |
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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.
†Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Sulimski 1962 | The dental formula is 3/2, 1/0, 3/1, 3/3. i1 is short, thick, robust, with the tip strongly hooked. i2 is reduced, rather small. p4 short and high. The molar talonids are broader than the trigonids. The tips of molars hooked backwards. Horizontal ramus slender, lower than the height of the molars. Mental foramen below m1. P4 much molarized, with a strong hypocone. M3 lacking both hypocone and metastyle. Nasal bones narrow and long. Infraorbital foramen broad. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: MN 15 or 4.20000 to 3.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Spain (Albacete) | Sorex subminutus (41931 41932 41937) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Sorex subminutus (35076) | |
| MN 15 | Poland | Sorex subminutus (type locality: 33396) |