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Darocasorex

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Extinct genus of mammals

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

Darocasorex (named after the town Daroca in Spain, close to the place where its fossils were found) is an extinct shrew which existed in Europe during the Miocene epoch. It was first named by Jan A. van Dam in 2010.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Darocasorex


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