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Crocidurini

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Crocidurini was named by Milne Edwards (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Crocidurinae by Van Valen (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Crocidurini Milne Edwards
1967Crocidurini Van Valen

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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
subfamilyCrocidurinaeMilne Edwards 1874
tribeCrociduriniMilne Edwards 1872
tribeCrociduriniMilne Edwards 1872

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.

Tr. Crocidurini Milne Edwards 1872
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G. Diplomesodon Brandt 1952
G. †Feroculus Kelaart 1852
G. Myosorex Gray 1838
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Invalid names: Congosorex Heim de Balsac and Lamotte 1956 [synonym]
G. †Paracrocidura Heim de Balsac 1956
G. †Praesorex Thomas 1913
G. †Solisorex Thomas 1924
G. †Surdisorex Thomas 1906
G. Sylvisorex Thomas 1904
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Sylvisorex sorelloides Lönnberg 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Myosorex sp. (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) Myosorex sp. (41932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Diplomesodon fossorius (22341 22357) Diplomesodon fossorius, Myosorex varius (22339) Myosorex varius (22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France Myosorex meini (34397 49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Myosorex robinsoni (21546)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Myosorex sp. (22333)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Sylvisorex olduvaiensis (22596)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Catalonia) Myosorex meini (68413)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Myosorex robinsoni, Sylvisorex olduvaiensis (22628)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Myosorex varius (21862)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Sylvisorex megalura (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Myosorex varius (21693)