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Paracryptotis

Mammalia - Soricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Paracryptotis Hibbard
1967Paracryptotis Van Valen
1980Paracryptotis Kurten and Anderson p. 110
1985Paracryptotis Gustafson p. 89
1997Paracryptotis McKenna and Bell
2008Paracryptotis 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
tribeBlarininiKretzoi 1965
genusParacryptotis

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. †Paracryptotis Hibbard 1950
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†Paracryptotis gidleyi Gazin 1933
†Paracryptotis rex Hibbard 1950
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 10.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) P. rex (19036)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18126 18247 18359)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) P. rex (20064)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) P. rex (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Oregon) P. rex (225473)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) P. rex (19931 19940) Soricidae indet. (19922)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Blarina gidleyi (19903 19904 19906) P. gidleyi (93106)