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Taatsiinia hoeckorum

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Taatsiinia hoeckorum was named by Ziegler et al. (2007). Its type specimen is NHMW 2006z0036/0001, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Taatsiin Gol, right side, section TGR-B, layer 1, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Taatsiinia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Taatsiinia hoeckorum Ziegler et al. p. 123 figs. Fig. 19/2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyCrocidosoricinae
genusTaatsiinia
specieshoeckorum

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.

†Taatsiinia hoeckorum Ziegler et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Ziegler et al. 2007Crocidosoricine soricid with upper M1-2 with a considerable distal emargination and a short but strong mesio-lingual cingulum. M1 with a rounded, M2 with a ridge-like hypocone. Root of upper incisor without longitudinal lingual groove. In m1-2 the labial edge of the protoconid is confluent with the disto-labial cingulid.
Mandible with 4 alveoli for 4 one-rooted (?) lower antemolars in front of p4 and the foramen mentale below the mesial root of p4.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Taatsiinia hoeckorum (type locality: 75601)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Taatsiinia hoeckorum (180959 180961)