†Eochenus sinensis Wang and Li 1990 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: B. Wang and C. Li. 1990. First Paleogene Mammalian Fauna from Northeast China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(3):165-205
Belongs to Eochenus according to Wang and Li 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V8786, a mandible. Its type locality is Daboji Oil Shale Mine, Gongjitun Village, which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp shale/coal in the Huadian Formation of China.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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