Turiasorex

Turiasorex
Temporal range: Miocene, 13–10 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Turiasorex
van Dam, Hoek Ostende & Reumer, 2011
Species
  • T. pierremeini van Dam, Hoek Ostende & Reumer, 2011 (type)

Turiasorex is an extinct genus of shrew which existed in east central Spain, during the middle and late Miocene. Its fossils have been recovered from the Calatayud-Daroca and Teruel basins, Spain. It was first named by Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer in 2011 and the type species is Turiasorex pierremeini.[1]

References

  1. Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer (2011). "A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain". Geobios 44 (2–3): 299–307. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007.


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