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Dinosorex

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Dinosorex Engesser pp. 80-81,84
1975Dinosorex Engesser p. 667
1988Dinosorex Carroll
1994Dinosorex Rzebik-Kowalska
1998Dinosorex Ziegler p. 121

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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
subfamilyHeterosoricinaeViret and Zapfe 1951
genusDinosorex

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.

G. †Dinosorex Engesser 1972
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Dinosorex anatolicus van den Hoek Ostende 1995
Dinosorex engesseri Rabeder 1998
Dinosorex huerzeleri Engesser 1975
Dinosorex pachygnathus Engesser 1972
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Engesser 1972Representant of subfamily Heterosoricinae with pigmantation on the tips of the teeth; two antemolars (Zwischenzähne) in the lower jaw, the one placed more anterior is bigger. Similar to Trimylus, but on lower M1 and M2 with a hypoconid-ridge (Hypconid-Hinterarm) leading behind the entoconid, mostly seperated from entoconid by a groove.
B. Engesser 1975Vertreter der Unterfamilie der Heterosoricinae mit stark pigmentierten Zahnspitzen, sehr kräftigem unterem Incisiven und massigem Ramus horizontalis der mandibel. Foramen mentale unter m2 inf.; zwei bis fünf Zwischenzähne zwischen i und m1 in Unterkiefer; Massetergrube der Mandibel zweigeteilt.
R. Ziegler 1998i inf. nicht gezähnt, i inf-Hinterrand bis unter Trigonid des m1, Fossa masseterica zweigeteilt.