Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Alternative combination: Galerix moedlingensis
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 Rabeder 1973
Sister taxa: Schizogalerix anatolica, Schizogalerix duolebulejinensis, Schizogalerix evae, Schizogalerix iliensis, Schizogalerix macedonica, Schizogalerix pasalarensis, Schizogalerix pristinus, Schizogalerix voesendorfensis, Schizogalerix zapfei
Type specimen: UWPI 1953/10/4, a tooth (M2 sin.). Its type locality is Eichkogel, Mödling (NHMW collection), which is in a MN 11 lacustrine marl/limestone in Austria.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Greece (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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