Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Alternative combination: Lamprodon primigenius
Full reference: A. Wagner. 1848. Urweltliche Säugthier-Ueberreste aus Griechenland. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 5:333-510
Belongs to Hystrix according to L. de Bonis et al. 1992
See also Gaudry 1867 and Wagner 1848
Sister taxa: Hystrix (Acanthion), Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix angressi, Hystrix arayanensis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection)
• Pliocene of France (1), Georgia (1), Poland (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Greece (8), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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