A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain |
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| Authors: | Jan A. van Dam Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende Jelle W.F. Reumer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institut Català de Paleontologia (ICP), campus de la UAB, Mòdul ICP, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain;2. Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, The Netherlands;3. Natural History Museum Rotterdam, PO Box 234452, 3001 KL Rotterdam, The Netherlands;4. Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, PO Box 90021, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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