Darocasorex

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Darocasorex
Temporal range: Miocene
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Darocasorex

Van Dam, 2010

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.