Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 43(1-2) 2000

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VOL 43(1-2) 2000

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Fossil mammals, Insectivora, Soricidae, Early and early Middle Pleistocene, Romania

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Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Early and early Middle Pleistocene of Betfia in Romania. I. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

• Barbara RZEBIK-KOWALSKA

Abstract:

14 species of shrews are described from the Early and early Middle Pleistocene of the Betfia Karstic Complex. Sorex minutissimus ZIMMERMANN, 1780 and Neomys cf. newtoni HlNTON, 1911 were found in Romania for the first time. The systematic position of the above-mentioned taxa, their measurements, illustrations and diagrams are given. The transformations and a paleoecological interpretation of shrew associations in the Betfia region is also presented.