New data on Paenelimnoecus from the middle Miocene of Spain support the shrew subfamily Allosoricinae
Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Marc Furió, and Israel García-Paredes
Limnoecus truyolsi was long considered an enigmatic shrew. Additional material from the Calatayud−Montalbán Basin
(Spain) shows it to be referable to the genus Paenelimnoecus. The species represents an intermediate form between P. micromorphus and P. crouzeli. This lineage confirms the separate development of the “soricine” p4, and thus supports the Allosoricinae as a separate subfamily.
Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende [Hoek@Naturalis.nl], Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Naturalis, Postbus 9517, NL−2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;Marc Furió [marc.furio@icp.cat], Institut Català de Paleontologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Mòdul ICP (Espina B3 bis parell) E-08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.;Israel García-Paredes [Paredes@Naturalis.nl], Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Naturalis, Postbus 9517, NL−2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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