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Turiasorex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Order
  
Eulipotyphla

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Infraclass
  
Eutheria

Family
  
Soricidae

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.

References

Turiasorex Wikipedia