Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Parent taxon: Galericini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Lopatin 2006, Macdonald 1963, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Microgalericulus, Protogalericius, Schizogalerix, Thaiagymnura
Subtaxa: Ocajila macdonaldi Ocajila makpiyahe Ocajila rasmusseni
Type: Ocajila makpiyahe
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Montana, Nebraska collections)
• Arikareean of United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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