†Postexallerix mustelidens Lopatin and Zazhigin 2003 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin. 2003. New Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 37(1):62-75
Belongs to Postexallerix according to A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin 2003
Sister taxon: Postexallerix securis
Type specimen: GIN, no. 1105/9, a tooth. Its type locality is Naran-Bulak, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Oshin Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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