Darocasorex
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Family: | Soricidae
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Subfamily: | Soricinae
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Tribe: | Anourosoricini
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Genus: | Darocasorex Van Dam, 2010
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Darocasorex (named after the town Daroca in Spain, close to the place where its fossils were found)[1] is an extinct shrew which existed in Europe during the Miocene epoch.[1] It was first named by Jan A. van Dam in 2010.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Jan A. van Dam (2010). "The systematic position of Anourosoricini (Soricidae, Mammalia): paleontological and molecular evidence]". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (4): 1221–1228. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483553. S2CID 83736562.
Categories:
- Red-toothed shrews
- Prehistoric Eulipotyphla
- Miocene mammals of Europe
- Miocene mammals
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs