Tribe Echinosoricini Cabrera 1925 (hedgehog)
Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Synonyms: Gymnurinae, Hylomidae Andersen 1879
Parent taxon: Galericinae according to L. Van Valen 1967
See also Schlosser 1877
Sister taxa: Deinogalerix, Dzavui, Eochenus, Eogalericius, Galericini, Gymnurechinus, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Riddleria, Tetracus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Port-la-Nouvelle fissure fill (Miocene of France)