Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Full reference: M. Green. 1977. A new species of Plesiosorex Mammalia, Insectivora from the Miocene of South Dakota. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie unde Palaeontologie 1977(4):189-198
Belongs to Plesiosorex according to R. Ziegler 2009
See also Green 1977
Sister taxa: Plesiosorex aydarlensis, Plesiosorex coloradensis, Plesiosorex evolutus, Plesiosorex germanicus, Plesiosorex greeni, Plesiosorex latidens, Plesiosorex schaffneri, Plesiosorex soricinoides, Plesiosorex styriacus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Feyereisen Gap (Lower), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in South Dakota
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (10: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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