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Paenelimnoecus

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Soricidae
Paenelimnoecus
Temporal range: Miocene
Paenelimnoecus truyolsi mandible from the middle Miocene of Spain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: †Paenelimnoecus
Baudelot, 1972
Species
  • †Paenelimnoecus micromorphus
  • †Paenelimnoecus truyolsi
  • †Paenelimnoecus crouzeli
  • †Paenelimnoecus obtusus
  • †Paenelimnoecus chinensis
  • †Paenelimnoecus repenningi
  • †Paenelimnoecus pannonica

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]

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