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
Subfamily:	Soricinae
Tribe:	Anourosoricini
Genus:	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]

References

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.

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[vanDam2010-1] Jan A. van Dam (2010). "The systematic position of Anourosoricini (Soricidae, Mammalia): paleontological and molecular evidence]". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (4): 1221–1228. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483553.