†Riddleria van den Hoek Ostende 2003 (hedgehog)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - 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
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ateca 3 (Miocene of Spain)
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