Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West 1980 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: J. Munthe and R. M. West. 1980. Insectivora of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Contributions in Biology and Geology: Milwaukee Public Museum 38:1-17

Belongs to Amphechinus according to J. Munthe and R. M. West 1980

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

Type specimen: H-GSP 2380, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Daud Khel Local Fauna, which is in a Miocene/Tortonian fluvial sandstone in the Chinji Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daud Khel Local Fauna

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