Riddleria atecensis van den Hoek Ostende 2003 (hedgehog)

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

Belongs to Riddleria according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVAU 51.82 M1 sup. sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Ateca 3, which is in a MN 3 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ateca 3

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