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The insectivores (Soricidae, Erinaceidae; Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from Cueva Victoria (Early Pleistocene, Murcia, Spain)
Furió, Marc
Gibert, L.
Ferràndez, Carles
Sevilla García, María Paloma
569
Crocidurinae
White-toothed shrew
Hedgehog
Iberian Peninsula
Glacial refuge
Biogeography
Quaternary.
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
In the Early Pleistocene locality of Cueva Victoria, the insectivores are represented by several fossil teeth, mandibles and skull fragments. In the present work, we describe and provide measurements of these fossils for the first time. Insectivores show a rather low taxonomic diversity in Cueva Victoria, with only two different species. Considering the environmental requirements for their extant relatives, the presence of only one hedgehog (Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner, 1933), and one shrew (Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos, 1934) points to the existence of dry and warm conditions in the surrounding area of Cueva Victoria, unfavourable to other contemporary species of insectivores.
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
Generalitat de Catalunya
Depto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
Fac. de Ciencias Geológicas
TRUE
pub
2023-06-19T13:37:05Z
2023-06-19T13:37:05Z
2015
journal article
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34136
0077-7749
10.1127/njgpa/2015/0460
eng
(GCL2011-28681)
(2009 SGR 754 GRC, 2014 SGR 416 GRC, and 2014 SGR 251)
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