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Soricini

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54884	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54884

Rank

tribe (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Soricini

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
subfamily	Soricinae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
tribe	Soricini	Fischer von Waldheim 1817

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Soricini	tribe	belongs to Soricinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Soricini	tribe	belongs to Soricinae	stated with evidence	George, 1986
Soricini	tribe	belongs to Soricinae	stated without evidence	Rzebik-Kowalska, 1990

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

22 (34%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Soricidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VIII. Soricidae: Sorex Linnaeus, 1758, Neomys Kaup, 1829, Macroneomys Fejfar, 1966, Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972 and Soricidae indeterminata. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34(2):323-424

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Blarinella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew	11	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Deinsdorfia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	12.8 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Drepanosorex ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	3.20 Ma Pliocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Paenesorex ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	12.8 Ma Miocene	12.8 Ma Miocene
Petenyia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	13.6 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Sorex genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Long-tailed Shrew	532	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1817	Soricini Fischer von Waldheim
1967	Soricini Van Valen
1986	Soricini George p. 153
1990	Soricini Rzebik-Kowalska
1991	Soricini Rzebik-Kowalska

References

Rzebik-Kowalska B. (1991) Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VIII. Soricidae: Sorex Linnaeus, 1758, Neomys Kaup, 1829, Macroneomys Fejfar, 1966, Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972 and Soricidae indeterminata., Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34 2, 323-424

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

George S. B. (1986) Evolution and historical biogeography of soricine shrews, Systematic Zoology 35 2, 153-162

Rzebik-Kowalska B. (1990) Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VI. Soricidae: Deinsdorfia Heller, 1963 and Zelceina Sulimski, 1962, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33 4, 45-77

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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