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Dinosorex zapfei

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Dinosorex zapfei was named by Engesser (1975). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 1975/1712/1, a mandible (sin. with i1, m1-m3). Its type locality is Zapfe's fissures, which is in a MN 6 fissure fill horizon in Slovakia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. pusillus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Dinosorex zapfei Engesser p. 661
1994Dinosorex zapfei Rzebik-Kowalska

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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
genusDinosorex
specieszapfei

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.

†Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Engesser 1975Bisher einzige Art unter den europäischen Heterosoricinae, deren Hypconid-Hinterarm an den untern Molaren direkt zur Entoconidspitze verläuft (Modus A); m inf. ohne 'entoconid crest'; Zahnspitzen stark pigmentiert; Unterkiefer mit 3-4 Zwischenzähnen zwischen i und m1. Mandibelknochen relativ kräftig und Molaren relativ klein. Mandibelcondylus zweigeteilt, die beiden Gelenkflächen sind jedoch deutlich miteinander verbunden; Massetergrube der Mandibel horizontal unterteilt; Foramen mentale unter Trigonid von m1; Mesostyl der M sup. schwach gespalten.