Lanthanotherium Filhol 1888 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to G. C. Gould 1995

Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (9 collections), Germany (8), Hungary (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (4), United States (16: California, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon)

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences

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