Mammalia - Theriamorpha - 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 Parvericius according to R. Ziegler et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Parvericius montanus, Parvericius voorhiesi
Type specimen: NHMW 2005z0215/0001, a tooth (m1 inf. sin.). Its type locality is Builstyn Khudag, section BUK-A, layer 12 &14, which is in a Miocene dry floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Loh Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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