A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain

Jan van Dam; L.W. van den Hoek Ostende; J.W.F. Reumer

doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007

A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain

Jan van Dam, L.W. van den Hoek Ostende, J.W.F. Reumer

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A new Miocene shrew from east Central Spain is described. The new form, named Turiasorex pierremeini nov. gen., nov. sp., was found in 13- 10–Ma old sediments of the Calatayud-Daroca and Teruel basins. It is characterized by an extreme dental morphology consisting of elements with low length-width ratios, implying a relatively short snout. Such an adaptation could point to a hypogeal life style – using burrows made by other mammals – with a non-standard shrew diet consisting not only of insects, but also of earthworms and possibly small vertebrates such as lizards.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-307
Number of pages	9
Journal	Geobios
Volume	44
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007
Publication status	Published - 2011

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