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Zelceina

Mammalia - Soricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Zelceina Sulimski p. 476
1967Zelceina Van Valen
1988Zelceina Carroll
1990Zelceina Rzebik-Kowalska

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusZelceina

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. †Zelceina Sulimski 1962
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Zelceina kormosi Schlosser 1924
Zelceina podlesicensis Rzebik-Kowalska 1990
Zelceina soriculoides Sulimski 1959
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Sulimski 1962Dental formula is 3/2, 1/0, 2/1, 3/3, i1 relatively short, with two lobes and a distinct cingulum. m3 lacking the entoconid. The coronoid process low, slender, with a prominent small posterior heel. The upper facet of the condyloid process oblique, narrow, its length slightly exceeding the width of the interarticular list; the lower facet wide, narrower on the buccal side, inflated and lingaully down-curved. The upper line of the lower facet medially notched. The interarticular list lingually notched, bucally straight. Mental foramen below the hypoconid of m1. Horizontal ramus high, shortened. Rostrum of skull slender, constricted and shortened. Infraorbital foramen large, above M1. I1 large, without an accessory lingual cupule (fissident). Four one-cuspids. P4 has a robust, posteriorly directed protocone. M3 small, with two, sometimes with three cusps and a reduced talon.
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the MN 14 or 11.60800 to 4.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Z. kormosi (68591)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Z. kormosi (68592)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China Crocidura kormosi (13485)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Z. podlesicensis (32240)