Paenelimnoecus
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| Paenelimnoecus Temporal range: | |
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| Paenelimnoecus truyolsi mandible from the middle Miocene of Spain | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | †Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972 |
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Paenelimnoecus is an extinct genus of allosoricin shrew from the Miocene epoch. At present, its fossil range is restricted to Eurasia. It has a complicated taxonomic history and it is uncertain exactly which species belong to it. Its higher classification is also tentative.[1]