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Plesiosorex greeni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8524050https://www.gbif.org/species/8524050
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)155074https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155074
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Plesiosoricidae : Plesiosorex : Plesiosorex greeni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Plesiosoricidae : Plesiosorex : Plesiosorex greeni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyPlesiosoricidaeWinge 1917
genusPlesiosorexPomel 1848
speciesPlesiosorex greeniMartin & Lim 2004
Generic NamePlesiosorex
Scientific NamePlesiosorex greeni Martin & Lim, 2004
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plesiosorex greenispeciesbelongs to Plesiosorexstated with evidenceMartin and Lim, 2004
Plesiosorex greenispeciesbelongs to Plesiosorexstated without evidenceKorth and Evander, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Ziegler. 2009. Plesiosoricids from early Oligocene fissure fillings in South Germany, with remarks on plesiosoricid phylogeny. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(3):365-371

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Plesiosorex greeni Martin and Lim
2009Plesiosorex greeni Ziegler p. 369
2016Plesiosorex greeni Korth and Evander

References

Ziegler R. (2009) Plesiosoricids from early Oligocene fissure fillings in South Germany, with remarks on plesiosoricid phylogeny, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 3, 365-371
Korth W. W., Evander R. L. (2016) Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia (Mammalia) from Observation Quarry, Earliest Barstovian (Miocene), Dawes County, Nebraska, Annals of Carnegie Museum 83 3, 219-254 doi:10.2992/007.083.0301
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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