Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Synonym: Parasoricidae Schlosser 1887
Parent taxon: Galericinae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Engesser 1980, Lopatin 2006, Savorelli et al. 2017, Van Valen 1967 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Deinogalerix, Dzavui, Echinosoricini, Eochenus, Eogalericius, Gymnurechinus, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Riddleria, Tetracus
Subtaxa: Microgalericulus Ocajila Protogalericius Schizogalerix Thaiagymnura
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Austria (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Turkey (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (4), China (2), Greece (12), Hungary (2), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (9)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Montana, Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1)
Total: 52 collections including 57 occurrences