Schizogalerix voesendorfensis Rabeder 1973 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Alternative combination: Galerix voesendorfensis

Full reference: G. Rabeder. 1973. Galerix und Lanthanotherium (Erinaceidae, Insectivora) aus dem Pannon des Wiener Beckens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1973(7):429-446

Belongs to Schizogalerix according to B. Engesser 1980

See also van den Hoek Ostende 2003

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

Type specimen: UWPI 1909/2/12, a tooth (M2 sin.). Its type locality is Zone E Vosendorf, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone E Vosendorf

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