Darocasorex

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]

Darocasorex
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Eulipotyphla
Family:
Soricidae
Subfamily:
Soricinae
Tribe:
Anourosoricini
Genus:
Darocasorex

Van Dam, 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): 1221โ€“1228. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483553.


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