Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Parasorex depereti

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Galerix depereti was named by Crochet (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is LPVM MTH1, a tooth (M1 dex.). Its type locality is Mont-Helene, which is in a Ruscinian fissure fill horizon in France.

It was recombined as Parasorex depereti by van den Hoek Ostende (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Galerix depereti Crochet p. 148
2001Parasorex depereti van den Hoek Ostende

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusParasorexvon Meyer 1865
speciesdepereti()

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.

†Parasorex depereti Crochet 1986
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.-Y. Crochet 1986Cette espèce est la plus grande actuallement décrite dans ce genre. Morpholiquement, elle se distingue de G. exilis par les mêmes caractères que G. socialis, c'est-à-dire par un lobe labial de la P3 à deux cuspides et une crête postérieure du métaconule des molaires supérieures quise prolonge jusqu'à l;angle postéro-labial de la couronne.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the MN 14 or 7.24600 to 4.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Galerix depereti (144566)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Galerix sp. (32103)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2France (Roussillon) Galerix depereti (type locality: 35064)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Gard) Galerix depereti (68414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Galerix depereti (36103)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Hérault) Galerix depereti (68418 68419)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Galerix depereti (37048)