Paenelimnoecus

Paenelimnoecus 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
Subfamily:	Allosoricinae
Genus:	†Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972
Species
†Paenelimnoecus micromorphus †Paenelimnoecus truyolsi †Paenelimnoecus crouzeli †Paenelimnoecus obtusus †Paenelimnoecus chinensis †Paenelimnoecus repenningi †Paenelimnoecus pannonica

Paenelimnoecus is an extinct genus of allosoricin shrew from the Miocene epoch. At present, its fossil range is restricted to Eurasia. It has a complicated taxonomic history and it is uncertain exactly which species belong to it. Its higher classification is also tentative. ^[1]

References

1. Van Den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.; Furió, Marc; García-Paredes, Israel (March 2009). "New Data onPaenelimnoecusfrom the Middle Miocene of Spain Support the Shrew Subfamily Allosoricinae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (1): 159–164. doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0117 . ISSN   0567-7920. S2CID   56000891.