An almost complete cranium of Asoriculus gibberodon (Petényi, 1864) (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the early Pliocene of the Jradzor site, Armenia

An almost complete cranium of Asoriculus gibberodon (Petényi, 1864) (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the early Pliocene of the Jradzor site, Armenia

Abstract We describe an almost complete fossil cranium of a shrew, identified as Asoriculus gibberodon (Petényi, 1864) from the early Pliocene of Jradzor site, Armenia. The sedimentary unit, which yielded the specimen, is an 11-m-thick package composed of white thinly-parallel-laminated diatomite la...

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Main Authors: Hugo Bert, Loic Costeur, Sergei Lazarev, Georg Schulz, Davit Vasilyan, Olivier Maridet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-04-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Subjects:
Soricinae
Dental morphology
Cranial anatomy
Inner ear
Pliocene
Armenia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00357-6
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