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]
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Subfamily: | Allosoricinae
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Genus: | †Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972
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References
edit- ^ 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.