Limnoecus Stirton 1930 (shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1930. Equidae from the Pliocene of Texas. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(8):349-396

Parent taxon: Limnoecinae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Stirton 1930 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxon: Angustidens

Subtaxa: Limnoecus compressus Limnoecus niobrarensis Limnoecus tricuspis Limnoecus truyolsi

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Type: Limnoecus tricuspis

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Miocene of Austria (1), United States (45: California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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