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Hesperosorex

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Hesperosorex was named by Hibbard (1957). It is not extant. Its type is Hesperosorex lovei.

It was assigned to Neomyini by Van Valen (1967); to Soricidae by Hibbard (1957) and Carroll (1988); and to Nectogalini by Gunnell et al. (2008).

Species
H. lovei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Hesperosorex Hibbard
1967Hesperosorex Van Valen
1988Hesperosorex Carroll
2008Hesperosorex Gunnell et al.

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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
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNectogaliniAnderson 1879
genusHesperosorexHibbard 1957

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. †Hesperosorex Hibbard 1957
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†Hesperosorex lovei Hibbard 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available