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Heterosoricinae

Mammalia - Soricidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Sorex kinkelini Zinndorf
1951Heterosoricinae Viret and Zapfe
1967Heterosoricinae Van Valen
1987Heterosoricidae Reumer p. 190
1994Heterosoricinae Rzebik-Kowalska
2004Heterosoricinae Storch and Qiu
2006Heterosoricinae Lopatin
2008Heterosoricinae Gunnell et al.
2009Heterosoricidae Bendukidze et al. p. 346
2022Heterosoricinae Korth 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
subfamilyHeterosoricinaeViret and Zapfe 1951
subfamilyHeterosoricinaeViret and Zapfe 1951

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.

Subfm. †Heterosoricinae Viret and Zapfe 1951
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G. †Atasorex Lopatin 2004
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Atasorex edax Lopatin 2004
G. †Dinosorex Engesser 1972
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Dinosorex anatolicus van den Hoek Ostende 1995
Dinosorex engesseri Rabeder 1998
Dinosorex huerzeleri Engesser 1975
Dinosorex pachygnathus Engesser 1972
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975
G. †Domnina Cope 1873
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Domnina crassigenis Cope 1873
Domnina dakotensis Macdonald 1970
Domnina gradata Cope 1873
Domnina greeni Macdonald 1963
Domnina sagittariensis Kihm and Schumaker 2008
Domnina thompsoni Simpson 1941
Invalid names: Miothen Cope 1873 [synonym]
G. †Gobisorex Sulimski 1970
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Gobisorex akhmetievi Lopatin 2004
Gobisorex kingae Sulimski 1970
G. †Heterosorex Gaillard 1915
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Heterosorex ruemkeae Doukas 1986
Heterosorex wangi Storch and Qiu 1991
G. †Ingentisorex Hutchison 1966
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Ingentisorex tumididens Hutchison 1966
G. †Lusorex Storch and Qiu 2004
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Lusorex taishanensis Storch and Qiu 2004
G. †Noritrimylus Korth et al. 2022
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Noritrimylus compressus Galbreath 1953
Noritrimylus dakotensis Repenning 1967
Noritrimylus metaxy Korth 2020
G. †Paradomnina Hutchison 1966
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Paradomnina relictus Hutchison 1966
G. †Pseudotrimylus Gureev 1971
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Pseudotrimylus blacki Martin and Lim 2004
Pseudotrimylus mawbyi Repenning 1967
Pseudotrimylus roperi Wilson 1960
Invalid names: Trimylus Roger 1885 [synonym]
G. †Quercysorex Engesser 1975
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Quercysorex herrlingensis Palmowski and Wachendorf 1966
Quercysorex primaevus Filhol 1884
Quercysorex ulmensis Ziegler 1998
G. †Wilsonosorex Martin 1978
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Wilsonosorex conulatus Martin 1978
Invalid names: Sorex kinkelini Zinndorf 1901 [nomen dubium]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the MN 11 or 46.20000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (205 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Domnina sp. (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Domnina gradata (16514 16515)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Montana) Domnina sp. (16854)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) Domnina gradata (16884) Domnina sp., Domnina gradata (16826)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Domnina sp. (16845)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) Domnina thompsoni (16840)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Domnina thompsoni (16959 16988 17010 230861)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Domnina sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Domnina gradata (16917 16930 16941 17033) Domnina gradata, Domnina thompsoni (17014)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Domnina sp. (17009)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Heterosoricidae indet. (46265)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Dinosorex sp. (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Dinosorex grycivensis (193490)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Dinosorex engesseri (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Poland Dinosorex sp. (31039)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Dinosorex engesseri (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Dinosorex engesseri (66942)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Dinosorex engesseri (66944 66945 66946)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Dinosorex sp. (69802)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Heterosoricinae indet. (44219 44220 44222 44223 44224)