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Plesiosorex styriacus

Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex styriacus was named by Hoffmann (1892). Its type specimen is Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, 1480, a mandible (mand. sin. fragment with molars m1 and m2), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Plesiosorex styriacus by Thenius (1949).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. martinii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Sorex styriacus Hoffmann pp. 74-75 figs. Pl. III, fig. 4a-d
1949Plesiosorex styriacus Thenius

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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
familyPlesiosoricidaeWinge 1917
genusPlesiosorexPomel 1848
speciesstyriacus(Hoffmann 1892)

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.

†Plesiosorex styriacus Hoffmann 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available