Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Synonym: Metexallerix Qiu and Gu 1988
Full reference: M. C. McKenna and C. P. Holton. 1967. A New Insectivore from the Oligocene of Mongolia and a New Subfamily of Hedgehogs. American Museum Novitates 2311:1-11
Parent taxon: Brachyericinae according to A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin 2003
See also Carroll 1988, Lopatin 2003, McKenna and Holton 1967, Qiu and Gu 1988 and Ziegler et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Brachyerix, Metechinus, Postexallerix, Synexallerix
Subtaxa: Exallerix efialtes Exallerix gaolanshanensis Exallerix hsandagolensis Exallerix manahan Exallerix pustulatus
Type: Exallerix hsandagolensis
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (3 collections)
• Oligocene of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (4)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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