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Dinosorex

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Dinosorex was named by Engesser (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Sorex sansaniensis.

It was assigned to Soricidae by Carroll (1988); and to Heterosoricinae by Engesser (1972), Engesser (1975), Rzebik-Kowalska (1994) and Ziegler (1998).

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.
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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the MN 11 or 28.10000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Greece (Evros ) D. sp. (196839)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Switzerland (Solothurn) D. huerzeleri (70640)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) D. pusillus (84364)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) D. huerzeleri (182805)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey D. anatolicus (64379 64380 208574 208576)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey (Ankara) D. anatolicus (64376 64377 64378)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey (Manisa) D. anatolicus (207048)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) D. sp. (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) D. zapfei (205184)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Turkey (Ankara) D. anatolicus (64373)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) D. zapfei (28629 69775)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) D. sansaniensis (45604 45612 45613)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria D. zapfei (67784)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany D. zapfei (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) D. zapfei (205187)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) D. sansaniensis (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. zapfei (48325)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria (Niederösterreich) D. zapfei (45836)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Poland D. zapfei (31040)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) D. sp. (13483)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) D. zapfei (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) D. sansaniensis (45603)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) D. zapfei (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) D. zapfei (167497)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) D. sp. (46275)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Turkey (Mugla) D. sp. (68568)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) D. pachygnathus (46277 53571)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) D. pachygnathus (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) D. pachygnathus (46288)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) D. pachygnathus (67161 67162 67164 67165 67166)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) D. sp. (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) D. grycivensis (193490)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) D. engesseri (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Poland D. sp. (31039)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) D. engesseri (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria D. engesseri (66942)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria D. engesseri (66944 66945 66946)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) D. sp. (69802)