Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: B. Engesser. 1980. Insectivora und Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Neogen der Türkei. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen 102:46-149
Belongs to Schizogalerix according to B. Engesser 1980
See also Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Schizogalerix duolebulejinensis, Schizogalerix evae, Schizogalerix iliensis, Schizogalerix macedonica, Schizogalerix moedlingensis, Schizogalerix pasalarensis, Schizogalerix pristinus, Schizogalerix voesendorfensis, Schizogalerix zapfei
Type specimen: NMB Esk-57, a maxilla (sin. with P3-M2). Its type locality is Yeni-Eskihisar, which is in a MN 7 + 8 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (2 collections), Turkey (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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