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Protosorex

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Protosorex was named by Scott (1894). It is not extant. Its type is Protosorex crassus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Domnina by Patterson and McGrew (1937), Galbreath (1953), Hutchison (1966), Van Valen (1967), Repenning (1967) and Crochet (1974).

It was assigned to Soricidae by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930).

Species
P. crassus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Protosorex Scott
1902Protosorex Hay p. 738
1930Protosorex Hay p. 440

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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
genusProtosorexScott 1894

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. †Protosorex Scott 1894
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†Protosorex crassus Scott 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available