†Urotrichus giganteus Ziegler 2006 (greater Japanese shrew-mole)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler. 2006. Insectivores (Lipotyphla) and bats (Chiroptera) from the Late Miocene of Austria. Annalen Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 107A:93-196
Belongs to Urotrichus according to R. Ziegler 2006
Sister taxa: Urotrichus dolichochir, Urotrichus talpoides
Type specimen: NHMW 2004z0208/0001 humerus sin., a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Schernham, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial horizon in Austria.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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