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Holotype: UCMP 29603   Plesiosorex latidens

Specimen Repository: University of California Museum of Paleontology

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Original Diagnosis and Related Text:


Source of Text:

Originial diagnosis:
Hall, E. R. 1929. A second new genus of hedgehog from the Pliocene of Nevada. University 
of California Publications in Geological Sciences, 18(8):227-231.

Genus reassignment:
Green, M. 1977. A new species of Plesiosorex (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Miocene 
of South Dakota. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, 1977(4):189-198.

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