Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: A. Savorelli, F. Masini, P. P. A. Mazza, M. A. Rossi, and S. Agostini. 2017. New species of Deinogalerix (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from the late Miocene of Scontrone (Abruzzo, central Italy). Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1):16A-1-26
Belongs to Deinogalerix according to A. Savorelli et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Deinogalerix brevirostris, Deinogalerix freudenthali, Deinogalerix intermedius, Deinogalerix koenigswaldi, Deinogalerix masinii, Deinogalerix minor
Type specimen: SCT 246, a mandible. Its type locality is Scontrone, near, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial limestone in the Lithothamnion Limestone Formation of Italy.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Scontrone, near
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