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Solenodontidae
Taxonomy
Solenodontidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Centetoidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Tenrecoidae by Hay (1930); to Tenrecoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Insectivora by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Nowak (1991); to Soricomorpha by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Solenodontoidea by Lopatin (2006); and to Lipotyphla by Asher et al. (2005), Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Centetoidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Tenrecoidae by Hay (1930); to Tenrecoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Insectivora by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Nowak (1991); to Soricomorpha by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Solenodontoidea by Lopatin (2006); and to Lipotyphla by Asher et al. (2005), Asher and Helgen (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1877 | Solenodontidae Schlosser p. 89 |
| 1883 | Solenodontidae Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Solenodontidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Solenodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Solenodontidae Gregory p. 464 |
| 1930 | Solenodontidae Hay p. 427 |
| 1967 | Solenodontidae Van Valen |
| 1991 | Solenodontidae Nowak |
| 2005 | Solenodontidae Asher et al. p. 920 |
| 2005 | Solenodontidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Solenodontidae Lopatin |
| 2010 | Solenodontidae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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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.
Fm. Solenodontidae
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G. Solenodon Brandt 1833 [solenodon]
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Solenodon cubanus Peters 1861 [Cuban solenodon]
Solenodon paradoxus Brandt 1833
Invalid names: Antillogale Patterson 1962 [synonym], Atopogale Cabrera 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Solenodon cubanus (152870) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cuba (Pinar del Río) | Solenodon sp. (78640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic (Pedernales) | Solenodon paradoxus (186694) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Artemisa) | Solenodon cubanus (195083) |