Myosorex

Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species:Babault's mouse shrew, M. babaulti Montane mouse shrew, M. blarina Bururi forest shrew, M. bururiensis Dark-footed mouse shrew, M. cafer Eisentraut's mouse shrew, M. eisentrauti Geata mouse shrew, M. geata Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew, M. gnoskei Kahuzi swamp shrew, M. jejei Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis Kihaule's mouse shrew, M. kihaulei Long-tailed forest shrew, M. longicaudatus Meester's forest shrew, M. meesteri Oku mouse shrew, M. okuensis Rumpi mouse shrew, M. rumpii Schaller's mouse shrew, M. schalleri Sclater's mouse shrew, M. sclateri Thin mouse shrew, M. tenuis Forest shrew, M. varius Kilimanjaro mouse shrew, M. zinki

Myosorex

"C. M. P." · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CrociduriniPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Soricidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Soricidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 2.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 7.246 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 0 of 12 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 7 of 12 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 3 of 12 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 2 of 12 occurrences7.5–7.2 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.2–7.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.0–6.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.7–6.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.5–6.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.2–5.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.9–5.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.7–5.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.4–5.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.2–4.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.9–4.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.6–4.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.4–4.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.9–3.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.6–3.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.4–3.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.1–2.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.8–2.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.6–2.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.1–1.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.8–1.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences1.5–1.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences1.3–1.0 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences1.0–775 ka Mya — about 0.5 occurrences775 ka–516 ka Mya — about 0.1 occurrences516 ka–258 ka Mya — about 0.1 occurrences258 ka–0 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.58 Mya11.7 ka7.7 Mya0 Mya

12 occurrences of Myosorex on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

6 formations

Makapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EShungura — 5.06°N, 36.03°EOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.34°EValdeganga — 39.15°N, 1.67°WVarswater — 32.96°S, 18.11°E

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The named rock units Myosorex has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

305 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 12 sites for Myosorex, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

9 references

Each of the 12 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Myosorex

Credit
"C. M. P."
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Myosorex varius · KU:KUM:135651

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1838