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Crusafontina

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4830966https://www.gbif.org/species/4830966
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53428https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53428
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Crusafontina
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Crusafontina
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeAnourosoriciniAnderson 1879
genusCrusafontinaGibert 1974
Scientific NameCrusafontina Gibert, 1974
Name Published InEtude des insectivores du Miocene de Valles-Penedes, Calatayud-Daroca et Rubialos de Mora. These, Sabadell.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Crusafontinagenusbelongs to Amblycoptinistated without evidenceRzebik-Kowalska, 1994
Crusafontinagenusbelongs to Anourosoricinistated with evidenceVan Dam, 2004
Crusafontinagenusbelongs to Anourosoricinistated without evidenceZiegler, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance4.90 - 4.20 Ma
Pliocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Soricidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1994. Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. II. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817. Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 37(1):137-155

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Anouroneomys magnus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
313.6 Ma
Miocene
10.3 Ma
Miocene
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Anouroneomys minimus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
213.6 Ma
Miocene
13.6 Ma
Miocene
Anourosorex kormosi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Crusafontina endemica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
711.6 Ma
Miocene
9.70 Ma
Miocene
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Crusafontina fastigata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Crusafontina kormosi
species
listed (PBDB)48.70 Ma
Miocene
4.90 Ma
Pliocene
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Crusafontina vandeweerdi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
18.70 Ma
Miocene
8.70 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Crusafontina Gibert
1994Crusafontina Rzebik-Kowalska
2004Crusafontina Van Dam p. 743
2005Crusafontina Ziegler

References

Rzebik-Kowalska B. (1994) Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. II. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817, Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 37 1, 137-155
Van Dam J. A. (2004) Anourosoricini (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Mediterranena region: a pre-Quaternary example of recurrent climate-controlled north-south range shifting, Journal of Paleontology 78 4, 741-764
Ziegler R. (2005) The insectivores (Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominoid locality Rudabánya, Palaeontographia Italica 90, 53-81
Etude des insectivores du Miocene de Valles-Penedes, Calatayud-Daroca et Rubialos de Mora. These, Sabadell. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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