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Insectivora (insectivoran)
Taxonomy
Insectivora was named by Bowdich (1821). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Insectivora Bowdich |
| 1873 | Insectivora Leidy p. 336 |
| 1883 | Insectivora Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Insectivora Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1894 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 106 |
| 1897 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 501 |
| 1898 | Insectivora Gadow p. 51 |
| 1902 | Insectivora Hay p. 737 |
| 1910 | Insectivora Gregory p. 464 |
| 1911 | Insectivori Jaekel p. 209 |
| 1930 | Insectivora Hay p. 422 |
| 1965 | Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225 |
| 1975 | Insectivora McKenna p. 42 |
| 1985 | Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3 |
| 1986 | Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Gunnell p. 147 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1991 | Insectivora Nowak |
| 2004 | Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506 |
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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.
Or. Insectivora Bowdich 1821 [insectivoran]
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Invalid names: Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Menotyphla Haeckel [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Proglires Osborn 1902 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (91 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Insectivora indet. (37009) | |
| Puercan | USA (Utah) | Insectivora indet. (14748) | |
| Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (14962) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (14886 14912) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Insectivora indet. (14812) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (14829) | |
| Middle Paleocene | China (Jiangxi) | Insectivora sp. (176612) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (15067) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (14931) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Insectivora indet. (37008) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (38868) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon sp. (15892 16028) Insectivora indet. (15673 15683 15723 15842 15886 46684 46697 46707 46735 46768 46776 46793 46817) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Insectivora indet. (15885) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Leptacodon sp. (15446) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Entomolestes sp. (15895) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (15680) | |
| MP 10 | Spain (Catalonia) | Tillodonta indet. (182236) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | Japan | Insectivora indet. (183077) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (16209 16296 16418) Nyctitheriidae indet. (16438) | |
| Middle Eocene | China (Jiangsu) | Insectivora indet. (37493) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16665 16690 16692 16719 16752) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Insectivora indet. (16626) | |
| Uintan | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16530) | |
| Uintan | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (16624) | |
| Bartonian | Myanmar | Insectivora indet. (41456) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Barcelona) | Insectivora indet. (182220) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Algeria | Insectivora indet. (59733) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (California) | Insectivora indet. (16527) | |
| Duchesnean - Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Insectivora indet. (16840) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (39643) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Thailand | Insectivora indet. (49078) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) | Insectivora indet. (196835) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Spain (Baleares) | Insectivora indet. (38804) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Serbia and Montenegro (Pčinja) | Insectivora indet. (196815) | |
| MP 17A - MP 17B | United Kingdom (England) | Insectivora indet. (28747) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Ningxia) | Insectivora indet. (182895) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Insectivora indet. (60127) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Insectivora indet. (52047) | |
| Chattian | USA (Florida) | Insectivora indet. (17860) | |
| Chattian | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (27855) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (18663) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Georgia) | Insectivora indet. (55530) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (27856 27858) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Insectivora indet. (48126) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Insectivora indet. (18907) | |
| MN 3 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | Insectivora indet. (46214) | |
| MN 4 | Spain (Catalonia) | Insectivora indet. (176265) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Insectivora indet. (18303) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | Insectivora indet. (45594) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Insectivora indet. (58983) | |
| MN 6 | Switzerland (Zürich) | Insectivora indet. (46252 46272) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Spain | Insectivora indet. (70806) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | Insectivora indet. (46276) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Morocco | Insectivora indet. (34366) | |
| MN 9 | Slovakia (Trnava) | Insectivora indet. (69719) | |
| Turolian - Ruscinian | Greece (Xanthi) | Insectivora indet. (205296 205297) | |
| MN 14 | France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) | Insectivora indet. (37048) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Turkey | Insectivora indet. (39314) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | Insectivora indet. (21837 21843) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico | Insectivora indet. (71317) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy | Insectivora indet. (96714) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Insectivora indet. (92675) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Insectivora indet. (43666) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Insectivora indet. (104797) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Insectivora indet. (79584) |