Neurogymnurus cayluxi Filhol 1877 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Synonym: Cayluxotherium elegans Filhol 1880

Belongs to Neurogymnurus according to J.-Y. Crochet 1974

See also Crochet 1995

Sister taxon: Neurogymnurus indricotherii

Type specimens:

  • Neurogymnurus cayluxi: MNHN Qu-8694, mandible dext. with p4, a mandible.
  • Cayluxotherium elegans: MNHN Qu 8690, a skull.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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