Holotype: UCMP 29603 Plesiosorex latidens
Specimen Repository: University of California Museum of Paleontology
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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.