Dolinasorex

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|0.78|0.90}}

| taxon = Dolinasorex

| authority = Rofes & Cuence-Bescós, 2008

| type_species = †Dolinasorex glyphodon

| type_species_authority = Rofes & Cuence-Bescós, 2008

}}

Dolinasorex glyphodon is an extinct species of giant venomous shrew . Fossilized remains of the animal were found at the Gran Dolina site, in the Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain by researchers from the University of Zaragoza, Spain between 1991 and 2007. The deposit is estimated to be between 780,000 and 900,000 years old. D. glyphodon is the only known species in the genus Dolinasorex.{{cite news |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518103229.htm |publisher=Science Daily |title=Fossil of 'giant' shrew nearly one million years old found in Spain |date=May 18, 2009}}{{cite journal |title=A new genus of red-toothed shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), and a phylogenetic approach to the Eurasiatic Soricinae |author=Juan Rofes & Gloria Cuence-Bescós |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=155 |issue=4 |pages=904–925 |year=2009 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00470.x|doi-access=free }}

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Category:Red-toothed shrews

Category:Pleistocene mammals of Europe

Category:Prehistoric mammals of Europe

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