Revision and new data on the Early and Middle Miocene soricids (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from Central and South-Eastern France

Marguerite Hugueney (1) , Pierre Mein (1) , Olivier Maridet (2)

1 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
2 Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontolgy and Paleoantropology

New or poorly known Soricids from the Early Miocene of Central France (Limagne d'Allier) and from the Middle Miocene of South-Eastern France (near Lyon) are studied; one new genus (Viretia) and a newspecies (Carposorex burkarti) are described. The soricid assemblages of the Early and late Early/Middle Miocene localities are totally different from each other and new information about appearance and evolution of the taxa are introduced. The following are lists of studied taxa for the beginning of the EarlyMiocene: Clapasorex bonisi, Clapasorex aff. sigei, Carposorex burkarti nov. sp., Soricella cf. discrepans, Oligosorex aff. antiquus and Crocidosoricinae indet, and for the late Early/Middle Miocene Dinosorex sansaniensis, Dinosorex pachygnathus, Heterosorex delphinensis, Miosorex desnoyersianus, Miosorex grivensis, Lartetium dehmi, Lartetium ziegleri, Turiasorex pierremeini, Viretia nov. gen. gracilidens, Paenelimnoecus micromorphus, Paenelimnoecus crouzeli and Hemisorex robustus.

Keywords: Soricidae; Heterosoricinae; Crocidosoricinae; Allosoricinae; Paenelimnoecinae

Domains: Paleontology

Marguerite Hugueney, Pierre Mein, Olivier Maridet. Revision and new data on the Early and Middle Miocene soricids (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from Central and South-Eastern France. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2012, 131 (1), pp.23-49. ⟨10.1007/s13358-011-0036-1⟩. ⟨insu-00684987⟩