Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766

Pazonyi, Piroska, Mészáros, Lukács, Hír, János & Mta-Mtm-Elte, Zoltán Szentesi, 2016, The lowermost Pleistocene rodent and soricid (Mammalia) fauna from Beremend 14 locality (South Hungary) and its biostratigraphical and palaeoecological implications, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 33, pp. 99-134 : 105

Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766

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Material – 1 incomplete right mandible with A 2 fragment and M 1 -M 2 (M 1: L = 1.24, W = 0.66; M 2: L = 1.01, W = 0.60); 2 left and 2 right edentulous mandible fragments; 1 left I 1 fragment; 1 right A 1; 1 right M 1 (LL = 1.28, BL = 1.28, AW = 1.36, PW = 1.52); 1 right M 2 (LL = 1.12, BL = 1.14, AW = 1.40, PW = 1.29).

Description – Very small-sized Sorex form with light orange pigmentation on the tip of the teeth. M 1 -M 2 are subquadrate, with specifically concave posterior emargination. The buccal cingulum is well-developed but narrow, and usually undulated on the lower molars. The anterior edge of the coronoid process is concave, the apex bends slightly towards anterior direction. The external temporal fossa is developed as a longitudinal groove. The coronoid spicule is present. The internal temporal fossa is high and triangular, continuing to the tip of the coronoid process.