Turiasorex is an extinct genus of shrew which existed in east central Spain, during the middle and late Miocene. Its fossils have been recovered from the Calatayud-Daroca and Teruel basins, Spain. It was first named by Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer in 2011 and the type species is Turiasorex pierremeini.[1]
Turiasorex Temporal range: Miocene,
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Genus: | Turiasorex van Dam, Hoek Ostende & Reumer, 2011
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References
edit- ^ Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer (2011). "A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain". Geobios. 44 (2–3): 299–307. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..299V. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007.