''Dolinasorex glyphodon'' was a species of giant venomous

shrew Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different fa ...

that is now

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. Remains of the animal were found at the Gran Dolina site, located in the

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by researchers from the

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, Spain between 1991 and 2007. The deposit is estimated to be between 780,000 and 900,000 years old. ''D. glyphodon'' was the only species in the genus ''Dolinasorex''.

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