Lantanotherium Filhol 1888 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to J. Prieto et al. 2015

See also Alroy 2002, Crespo et al. 2020, Gould 1995, Gunnell et al. 2008, Korth and Evander 2016, Lopatin 2006, Rich 1981, Van Valen 1967 and Ziegler 2006

Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola

Subtaxa: Lantanotherium longirostre Lantanotherium sanmigueli Lantanotherium sansaniensis

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Type: Erinaceus sansaniensis

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (6 collections), France (3), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (4)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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