New data on Paenelimnoecus from the middle Miocene of Spain support the shrew subfamily Allosoricinae

Lars W. van Den Hoek Ostende*, Marc Furió, Israel García-Paredes

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    Abstract

    Limnoecus truyolsi was long considered an enigmatic shrew. Additional material from the Calatayud-Montalbán Basin (Spain) shows it to be referable to the genus Paenelimnoecus. The species represents an intermediate form between P. micromorphus and P. crouzeli. This lineage confirms the separate development of the "soricine" p4, and thus supports the Allosoricinae as a separate subfamily.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)159-164
    Number of pages6
    JournalActa Palaeontologica Polonica
    Volume54
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 May 2009

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