Oligoechinus Li et al. 2019 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Full reference: Z. Li, Y. Li, X. Xue, W. Li, Y. Zhang and F. Yang. 2019. A New Fossil Erinaceidae from the Shajingyi Area in the Lanzhou Basin, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 93(4):789-798

Parent taxon: Erinaceinae according to Z. Li et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Amphechinini, Atelerix, Erinaceini, Erinaceus, Hemiechinus, Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Scymnericini, Sonidolestes

Subtaxa: Oligoechinus lanzhouensis

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Type: Oligoechinus lanzhouensis

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shajingyi (Oligocene of China)

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