Amphechinus Aymard 1850 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Synonyms: Palaeoerinaceus Filhol 1897, Palerinaceus Crusafont and Villalta 1947 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Amphechinini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Alroy 2002, Bendukidze et al. 2009, Butler 1984, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2002, Lopatin 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pickford et al. 2000, Rich 1981 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxon: Parvericius

Subtaxa: Amphechinus akespensis Amphechinus arvernensis Amphechinus baudelotae Amphechinus edwardsi Amphechinus ellicottae Amphechinus ginsburgi Amphechinus golpeae Amphechinus horncloudi Amphechinus intermedius Amphechinus kansuensis Amphechinus kreuzae Amphechinus major Amphechinus minimus Amphechinus minutissimus Amphechinus robinsoni Amphechinus rusingensis Amphechinus taatsiingolensis Palerinaceus (Postpalerinaceus)

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (1), Germany (4), Greece (1), Kenya (5), Mongolia (9), Namibia (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (3: Montana, Oregon)

• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (1), United States (1: Colorado)

• Oligocene of China (9), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (7), Mongolia (18), Switzerland (1), United States (3: South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of Mongolia (1)

Total: 81 collections including 105 occurrences

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