†Gobisorex akhmetievi Lopatin 2004 (shrew)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323
Belongs to Gobisorex according to A. V. Lopatin 2004
Sister taxon: Gobisorex kingae
Type specimen: PIN, no. 4516/6,, a mandible. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed IV), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Altynshokysu (bone bed IV)
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