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Taxonomy
Sorex minutoides was named by Storch (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V12113, a mandible (dext. with m1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ertemte 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Sorex minutoides Storch |
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†Sorex minutoides Storch 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Storch 1995 | Very small=-sized species. Mental foramen located beneath p4-m1 boundary. The postmandibular foramen is present. Mandibular condyle very small, with slender dorsal facet and short and slender interarticular area. P4 with cuspidate hypocone. Upper incisor fissident. Lower incisor short and rather robust, with sharp cusps. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.60800 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sorex minutoides (type locality: 68591) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sorex minutoides (68592 75300) |