Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler, T. Dahlmann, and G. Storch. 2007. 4. Marsupialia, Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha (Mammalia). Oligocene-Miocene Vertebrates from the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia): Morphology, phylogenetic and stratigraphic implications. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 108A:53-164
Belongs to Amphechinus according to R. Ziegler et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Amphechinus akespensis, Amphechinus arvernensis, Amphechinus baudelotae, Amphechinus edwardsi, Amphechinus ellicottae, Amphechinus ginsburgi, Amphechinus golpeae, Amphechinus horncloudi, Amphechinus intermedius, Amphechinus kansuensis, Amphechinus kreuzae, Amphechinus major, Amphechinus minimus, Amphechinus robinsoni, Amphechinus rusingensis, Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Palerinaceus (Postpalerinaceus)
Type specimen: NHMW 2005z0199/0001, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.). Its type locality is DEL-B/12, Valley of Lakes, Central Mongolia, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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