Darocasorex
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| Darocasorex Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Tribe: | Anourosoricini |
| Genus: | †Darocasorex Van Dam, 2010 |
Darocasorex (named after the town Daroca in Spain, close to the place where its fossils were found)[1] is an extinct shrew which existed in Europe during the Miocene epoch.[1] It was first named by Jan A. van Dam in 2010.[1]