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Nesiotites

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Nesiotites was named by Bate (1945). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neomyini by Van Valen (1967); and to Soricidae by Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988).

Species
N. corsicanus, N. hidalgo, N. rafelinensis, N. similis
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. ponsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Nesiotites Bate
1967Nesiotites Van Valen
1968Nesiotites Kurten p. 48
1988Nesiotites Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
genusNesiotitesBate 1945

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. †Nesiotites Bate 1945
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†Nesiotites corsicanus Bate 1945
†Nesiotites hidalgo Bate 1945
†Nesiotites rafelinensis Rofes et al. 2012
†Nesiotites similis Hensel 1855
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) N. sp. 1 (51478)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) N. sp. (68812)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Menorca) N. sp. (200360)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) N. sp. (68813)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) N. ponsi (214536)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) N. sp. 1 (51482)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) N. sp. 2 (51483 51502 51504 51505 51550 51551)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) N. sp. 2 (51552 51553)