Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: S. Bi, W. Wu, J. Ye and J. Meng. 1999. Erinaceidae from the middle Miocene of North Junggar Basin, Xinjian Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Proceedings VII Annual Meeting Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 157-166
Belongs to Schizogalerix according to S. Bi et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Schizogalerix anatolica, Schizogalerix evae, Schizogalerix iliensis, Schizogalerix macedonica, Schizogalerix moedlingensis, Schizogalerix pasalarensis, Schizogalerix pristinus, Schizogalerix voesendorfensis, Schizogalerix zapfei
Type specimen: IVPP V 11816.1, a mandible (dext with p4-m2). Its type locality is Halamagai, Northern Dzungar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which is in the Serravallian of sandstone the Halamagai Formation China.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Halamagai, Northern Dzungar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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