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Taxonomy
Cryptotis was named by Pomel (1848). It is extant.
It was assigned to Soricidae by Pomel (1848), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Soricidae by Pomel (1848), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Brachysorex Duvernoy |
| 1848 | Cryptotis Pomel |
| 1877 | Soriciscus Coues |
| 1930 | Cryptotis Hay p. 442 |
| 1952 | Cryptotis Sherman p. 87 |
| 1967 | Cryptotis Van Valen |
| 1980 | Cryptotis Kurten and Anderson p. 111 |
| 1986 | Cryptotis George p. 153 |
| 1988 | Cryptotis Carroll |
| 2008 | Cryptotis Gunnell et al. |
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G. Cryptotis Pomel 1848 [small-eared shrew]
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†Cryptotis adamsi Hibbard 1953
Cryptotis floridana Merriam 1895
†Cryptotis kansasensis Hibbard 1957
†Cryptotis meadensis Hibbard 1953
Cryptotis mexicana Coues 1877 [Mexican small-eared shrew]
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 [North American least shrew]
Cryptotis peregrina Merriam 1895 [Oaxacan broad-tailed shrew]
Cryptotis phillipsii Schaldach 1966 [Phillips' small-eared shrew]
Invalid names: Brachysorex Duvernoy 1842 [synonym], Soriciscus Coues 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Collections (42 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Cryptotis adamsi (18849) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | Cryptotis sp. (19604) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Blarina adamsi (19932) Cryptotis kansasensis (19933) Cryptotis meadensis, Blarina adamsi (19931) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Cryptotis sp. (234637) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (98313) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Cryptotis pava (20555) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (20289 20350 20385) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Cryptotis parva (20390 20422 20423) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cryptotis sp. (20138) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Cryptotis parva (20318 20451 20560) | |
| Lujanian | Colombia | Cryptotis sp. (71291) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (20491 195112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (20573 20595 20634 20650) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Cryptotis parva (71264) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Cryptotis parva (93139) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Cryptotis parva (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Cryptotis parva (123868) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Cryptotis parva (93140) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Cryptotis parva (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Cryptotis sp. (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (154805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (20598) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Cryptotis parva (63564 63565 63566 63570) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Cryptotis parva (71263) | |
| Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Cryptotis parva (63428) |