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Dinosorex
Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dinosorex is an extinct eulipotyphlan genus, popularly referred to as giant terror shrews[1] due to their fearsome lower incisors. Dinosorex lived in Europe from the late Oligocene or early Miocene to the late Miocene, with a range that stretched from Ukraine to Iberia.[2] It was about the size of a modern hedgehog, but its enlarged and strengthened incisors (which have been found to contain iron particles within the enamel) may have allowed it to adopt a partially carnivorous diet, as opposed to the strictly insectivorous diet of most modern mammals of that size.[1]
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Taxonomy
The genus was described in 1972 by B. Engesser.[3] It comprises the following species:[4]
- D. anatolicus
- D. engesseri
- D. huerzeleri
- D. pachygnathus
- D. sansaniensis
- D. zapfei
References
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