Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Parent taxon: Erinaceinae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Rich 1981
Sister taxa: Atelerix, Erinaceini, Erinaceus, Hemiechinus, Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Oligoechinus, Scymnericini, Sonidolestes
Subtaxa: Amphechinus Parvericius
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (1), Germany (4), Greece (1), Kenya (5), Mongolia (10), Namibia (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), United States (28: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (8: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (4: Florida, Montana, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (9), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (7), Mongolia (18), Switzerland (1), United States (5: Florida, South Dakota)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 121 collections including 148 occurrences