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Insectivora (insectivoran)

Mammalia - Insectivora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Insectivora Bowdich
1873Insectivora Leidy p. 336
1883Insectivora Flower p. 186
1889Insectivora Cope p. 876
1891Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1894Insectivora Ameghino p. 106
1897Insectivora Ameghino p. 501
1898Insectivora Gadow p. 51
1902Insectivora Hay p. 737
1910Insectivora Gregory p. 464
1911Insectivori Jaekel p. 209
1965Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225
1975Insectivora McKenna p. 42
1985Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3
1986Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37
1989Insectivora Gunnell p. 147
1989Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436
1991Insectivora Nowak
2004Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821

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.

Or. Insectivora Bowdich 1821 [insectivoran]
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Invalid names: Centetoidea Gill 1872 [empty], Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Menotyphla Haeckel [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999 o
Created: 2005-08-26 13:21:55
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:21:55
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Insectivora indet. (37009)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) Insectivora indet. (14748)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Insectivora indet. (14962)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Texas) Insectivora indet. (14829)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Wyoming) Diacodon sp. (14886 14912)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (New Mexico) Insectivora indet. (14812)
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Jiangxi) Insectivora sp. (176612)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Insectivora indet. (14931)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Diacodon sp. (15067)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omnogov) Insectivora indet. (37008)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Insectivora indet. (38868)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Insectivora indet. (15885)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Diacodon sp. (15892 16028) Insectivora indet. (15673 15683 15723 15842 15886 46684 46697 46707 46735 46768 46776 46793 46817)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Leptacodon sp. (15446)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Entomolestes sp. (15895)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Insectivora indet. (15680)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain (Catalonia) Tillodonta indet. (182236)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2Japan Insectivora indet. (183077)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Insectivora indet. (16209 16296 16418) Nyctitheriidae indet. (16438)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Jiangsu) Insectivora indet. (37493)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) Insectivora indet. (16665 16690 16692 16719 16752)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4Canada (Saskatchewan) Insectivora indet. (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) Insectivora indet. (16530)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) Insectivora indet. (16624)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Insectivora indet. (41456)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) Insectivora indet. (182220)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Algeria Insectivora indet. (59733)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (California) Insectivora indet. (16527)
Duchesnean - Chadronian40.4 - 33.9USA (Montana) Insectivora indet. (16840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Insectivora indet. (39643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Serbia and Montenegro (Pčinja) Insectivora indet. (196815)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Thailand Insectivora indet. (49078)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Spain (Baleares) Insectivora indet. (38804)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) Insectivora indet. (196835)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Insectivora indet. (28747)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Ningxia) Insectivora indet. (182895)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Insectivora indet. (60127)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Antwerpen) Insectivora indet. (52047)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kenya Insectivora indet. (27855)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) Insectivora indet. (17860)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Insectivora indet. (18663)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Insectivora indet. (27856 27858)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Georgia) Insectivora indet. (55530)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Insectivora indet. (48126)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Insectivora indet. (18907)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Insectivora indet. (46214)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Spain (Catalonia) Insectivora indet. (176265)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Insectivora indet. (45594)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (South Dakota) Insectivora indet. (18303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Insectivora indet. (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Insectivora indet. (46252 46272)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Insectivora indet. (70806)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Insectivora indet. (46276)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Morocco Insectivora indet. (34366)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Slovakia (Trnava) Insectivora indet. (69719)
Turolian - Ruscinian8.7 - 3.2Greece (Xanthi) Insectivora indet. (205296 205297)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Insectivora indet. (37048)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Insectivora indet. (39314)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico Insectivora indet. (71317)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy Insectivora indet. (96714)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Insectivora indet. (21837 21843)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Insectivora indet. (92675)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Vicenza) Insectivora indet. (43666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Insectivora indet. (104797)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Insectivora indet. (79584)