†tribe Galericini Pomel 1848 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Synonym: Parasoricidae Schlosser 1887

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

See also Engesser 1980, Lopatin 2006, Savorelli et al. 2017, Van Valen 1967 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005

Sister taxa: Deinogalerix, Dzavui, Echinosoricini, Eochenus, Eogalericius, Gymnurechinus, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Riddleria, Tetracus

Subtaxa: Microgalericulus Ocajila Protogalericius Schizogalerix Thaiagymnura

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Austria (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Turkey (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (4), China (2), Greece (12), Hungary (2), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (9)

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

• Arikareean of United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1)

Total: 52 collections including 57 occurrences

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