Eochenus Wang and Li 1990 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: B. Wang and C. Li. 1990. First Paleogene Mammalian Fauna from Northeast China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(3):165-205

Parent taxon: Galericinae according to A. V. Lopatin 2004

See also Lopatin 2006 and Wang and Li 1990

Sister taxa: Deinogalerix, Dzavui, Echinosoricini, Eogalericius, Galericini, Gymnurechinus, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Riddleria, Tetracus

Subtaxa: Eochenus sinensis

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Type: Eochenus sinensis

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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