Riddleria van den Hoek Ostende 2003 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2003. Riddleria atecensis nov. gen. nov. sp., a peculiar erinaceid (Erinaceomorpha, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene of Spain. Beiträge zur Paläontologie 28:1-7

Parent taxon: Galericinae according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 2003

Sister taxa: Deinogalerix, Dzavui, Echinosoricini, Eochenus, Eogalericius, Galericini, Gymnurechinus, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Tetracus

Subtaxa: Riddleria atecensis

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ateca 3 (Miocene of Spain)

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