Schizogalerix macedonica Doukas et al. 1995 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: C. S. Doukas, L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, C. D. Theocharopoulos and J. W. F. Reumer. 1995. The Vertebrate Locality Maramena (Macedonia, Greece) at the Turolian-Ruscinian Boundary (Neogene). 5. Insectivora (Erinaceidae, Talpidae, Soricidae, Mammalia). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (A) 28:43-64

Belongs to Schizogalerix according to C. S. Doukas et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Schizogalerix anatolica, Schizogalerix duolebulejinensis, Schizogalerix evae, Schizogalerix iliensis, Schizogalerix moedlingensis, Schizogalerix pasalarensis, Schizogalerix pristinus, Schizogalerix voesendorfensis, Schizogalerix zapfei

Type specimen: AMPG MA 3041, a tooth (M1 sin.). Its type locality is Maramena, which is in a Turolian alluvial fan conglomerate/marl in the Lefkon Formation of Greece.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maramena

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