Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Synonyms: Brachyerix incertis Matthew 1924, Talpa incerta Matthew 1924
Full reference: P. C. Henshaw. 1942. A Tertiary mammalian fauna from the San Antonio Mountains near Tonopah, Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530(5):77-168
Belongs to Metechinus according to P. C. Henshaw 1942
See also Gunnell et al. 2008, Hay 1930, Matthew 1924 and Rich 1981
Sister taxa: Metechinus amplior, Metechinus nevadensis
Type specimens:
- Metechinus fergusoni: Its type locality is Tonopah, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nevada
- Brachyerix incertis: Its type locality is Trojan Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (7: California, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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