Suncus honeyi
| Suncus honeyi Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Suncus |
| Species: | †S. honeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Suncus honeyi Flynn et al., 2020 | |
Suncus honeyi is an extinct species of Suncus that lived Late Miocene(Tortonian) of Indian subcontinent.
Distribution
Suncus honeyi fossils are known from the Dhok Pathan Formation of Pakistan and Tapar locality of Kutch district, India.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Lawrence J. Flynn; Louis L. Jacobs; Yuri Kimura; Louis H. Taylor; Yukimitsu Tomida (2020). "Siwalik fossil Soricidae: a calibration point for the molecular phylogeny of Suncus". Paludicola. 12 (4): 247–258.
- ↑ Choudhary, D.; Singh, M. P.; Sharma, K. M.; Patnaik, R.; Singh, N. A.; Kumar, R.; Jukar, A. M. (2026). "Additional mammalian record from the Miocene (Tortonian; ~10 Ma) locality of Tapar, Kutch Region, Gujarat State, western India: Biochronological and palaeoecological significance". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.70275. PMID 42400124.