Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soricomorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Soricomorpha

Familia: †Nesophontidae
Genus: †Nesophontes
Species †Nesophontes micrus

Name

Holotype: MCZ 9600, incomplete mandible.

Type locality: “cavern in the Sierra of Hato-Xuevo, Province of Matanzas, Cuba.”

Synonyms

  • †Nesophontes longirostris Anthony, 1919: 633 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype: AMNH 17626, incomplete skull.

Type locality: “cave near the beach at Daiquiri, Cuba.”

  • †Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo, 1970: 137 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype: GEC 740, incomplete mandible.

Type locality: “Cueva de la Santa, Bacuranao, província de La Habana,” Cuba.

  • †Nesophontes superstes Fischer, 1977: 221 [synonymised by Condis Fernández, Jiménez Vásquez & Arredondo (2005: 100)]

Holotype:

Type locality: Cueva de la Ventana, Sumerido, província de Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

References

Primary references

  • Allen, G. M. 1917. New fossil mammals from Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61(1): 1–12. BHL
  • Anthony, H.E. 1919. Mammals collected in eastern Cuba in 1917. With description of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41: 625–643. Full article
  • Arredondo, O. 1970. Dos nuevas especies subfósiles de mamíferos (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) del Holoceno precolombino de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XXX(86): 122–152.
  • Ficher, K. 1977. Quartäre mikromammalia Cubas, vorwiegend aus der höhle San José de la Lamas, Santa Fé, Provinz Habana. Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften 5(2): 213–255.
  • Condis Fernández, M.M., Jiménez Vásquez, O. & Arredondo, C. 2005. Revisión taxonómica del género Nesophontes (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) en Cuba: análisis de los caracteres diagnóstico. In Alcover, J.A. & Bover, P. (eds.). Proceedings of the International Symposium “Insular Vertebrate Evolution: the Palaeontological Approach”. Monografies de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears 12: 95–100. Full article (PDF)

Vernacular names

English: Western Cuban Nesophontes
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