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Domnina

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy

Domnina was named by Cope (1873). Its type is Domnina gradata.

It was assigned to Leptictidae by Hay (1902); to Talpidae by Hay (1930); to Soricidae by Cope (1873), Johnson (1966), Carroll (1988) and Lofgren et al. (2020); and to Heterosoricinae by Van Valen (1967), Lopatin (2002), Gunnell et al. (2008) and Korth et al. (2022).

Species

D. crassigenis, D. dakotensis, D. gradata (type species), D. greeni, D. sagittariensis, D. thompsoni

Synonyms

Miothen was named by Cope (1873).

It was synonymized subjectively with Peratherium by Scott (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Domnina by Cope (1874), Hay (1902), Patterson and McGrew (1937), Galbreath (1953), Hutchison (1966), Van Valen (1967) and Repenning (1967).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Domnina Cope
1873	Miothen Cope
1873	Domnina Cope p. 1
1873	Miothen Cope p. 5
1902	Domnina Hay p. 741
1930	Domnina Hay p. 436
1966	Domnina Johnson p. 80
1967	Domnina Van Valen
1988	Domnina Carroll
2002	Domnina Lopatin
2008	Domnina Gunnell et al.
2020	Domnina Lofgren et al.
2022	Domnina Korth et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
subfamily	Heterosoricinae	Viret and Zapfe 1951
genus	Domnina

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. †Domnina Cope 1873

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†Domnina crassigenis Cope 1873

†Domnina dakotensis Macdonald 1970

†Domnina gradata Cope 1873

†Domnina greeni Macdonald 1963

†Domnina sagittariensis Kihm and Schumaker 2008

†Domnina thompsoni Simpson 1941

Invalid names: Miothen Cope 1873 [synonym]

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

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Aquitanian or 46.20000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (56 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	Canada (Saskatchewan)	D. sp. (16626)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	D. gradata (16514 16515)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	D. sp. (16845)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Montana)	D. sp. (16854)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Wyoming)	D. gradata (16884) D. sp., D. gradata (16826)
Duchesnean - Chadronian	39.7 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	D. thompsoni (16840)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Nebraska)	D. gradata (16917 16930 16941 17033) D. gradata, D. thompsoni (17014)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Wyoming)	D. sp. (17009)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (North Dakota)	D. sp., D. thompsoni, D. sagittariensis, D. sp. (16991)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	Canada (Saskatchewan)	D. sp. (16919)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	D. thompsoni (16959 16988 17010 230861)
Early/Lower Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	D. gradata (27245)
Late/Upper Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	Canada (Saskatchewan)	D. gradata (16981)
Late/Upper Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	D. thompsoni (17027)
Late/Upper Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	D. thompsoni (85117)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan	37.2 - 33.3	USA (Nebraska)	D. gradata (230806)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (South Dakota)	D. sp. (17187 17189 17190 17198)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (Colorado)	D. gradata (17081 17082)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (Nebraska)	D. gradata (17046 17051 17150)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (Wyoming)	D. gradata (17318)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (Montana)	D. gradata (17090)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (South Dakota)	D. gradata (17336 17337 17338) D. sp. (17357 17371 17384)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (Nebraska)	D. dakotensis (17495) D. sp. (17709)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (South Dakota)	D. dakotensis (17635)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (South Dakota)	D. greeni (17516) D. sp. (17606)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Oregon)	D. sp. (212628)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Idaho)	D. sp. (17588)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	D. dakotensis (17708)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Montana)	D. sp. (17540 17700)
Monroecreekian	26.3 - 24.8	Canada (Saskatchewan)	D. dakotensis (17526)
Harrisonian	24.8 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	D. sp. (17816)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Canada (Northwest Territories)	D. sp. (21371)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	USA (California)	D. sp. (19144)