Darocasorex

Darocasorex; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Tribe:	Anourosoricini
Genus:	† Darocasorex ; Van Dam, 2010

Last updated July 30, 2025

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

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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1221V. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483553. S2CID 83736562.

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[vanDam2010-1] 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1221V. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483553. S2CID 83736562.

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