Turiasorex is an extinct genus of shrew which existed in east central Spain, during the middle and late Miocene. Its fossils have been recovered from the Calatayud-Daroca and Teruel basins, Spain. It was first named by Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer in 2011 and the type species is Turiasorex pierremeini.[1]

Turiasorex
Temporal range: Miocene, 13–10 Ma
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Turiasorex

van Dam, Hoek Ostende & Reumer, 2011
Species
  • T. pierremeini van Dam, Hoek Ostende & Reumer, 2011 (type)

References

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  1. ^ Jan A. van Dam, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle W. F. Reumer (2011). "A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain". Geobios. 44 (2–3): 299–307. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..299V. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007.