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Parasorex

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Parasorex was named by von Meyer (1865). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Galerix by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Galericinae by Butler (1980) and van den Hoek Ostende (2001); and to Galericini by Lopatin (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Parasorex von Meyer
1980Parasorex Butler p. 47
2001Parasorex van den Hoek Ostende
2006Parasorex Lopatin

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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
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusParasorexvon Meyer 1865

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. †Parasorex von Meyer 1865
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†Galerix socialis von Meyer 1865
†Parasorex depereti Crochet 1986
†Parasorex ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 6 to the top of the MN 14 or 13.65000 to 4.20000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) P. sp. (199537)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Hungary P. sp. (68118)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Galerix socialis (38137)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) P. socialis (67161 67162 67163 67164 67165 67166)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Portugal (Setúbal) Galerix socialis (65952)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Galerix socialis (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Galerix socialis (46277 53571)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain Galerix socialis (40765)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain P. ibericus (174643)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) P. sp. (175903)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. ibericus (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Galerix depereti (144566)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Galerix iberica (68317)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2France (Roussillon) Galerix depereti (35064)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Galerix sp. (32103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Gard) Galerix depereti (68414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Galerix depereti (36103)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Galerix depereti (37048)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Hérault) Galerix depereti (68418 68419)