Lusorex
Extinct genus of mammals
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Lusorex is an extinct genus of heterosoricid shrew that lived in China during the Miocene. The only species is L. taishanensis, fossils of which are kept at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
| Lusorex Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | †Heterosoricidae |
| Genus: | †Lusorex Storch & Qiu, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Lusorex taishanensis Storch & Qiu, 2004 | |
External links
- Lusorex at fossilworks