Eogalericius butleri Lopatin 2004 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2004. A New Genus of the Galericinae (Erinaceidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 38(3):319-326

Belongs to Eogalericius according to A. V. Lopatin 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3107/420, a maxilla (Fragmentary right maxilla). Its type locality is Khaichin Ula II [SMPE], which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Khaychin Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khaichin Ula II [SMPE]

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