†Exallerix efialtes Lopatin 1996 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79
Belongs to Exallerix according to Lopatin 1996
Sister taxa: Exallerix gaolanshanensis, Exallerix hsandagolensis, Exallerix manahan, Exallerix pustulatus
Type specimen: PIN RAN, no. 4516–1, a mandible. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed IV), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Altynshokysu (bone bed IV)
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