Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1992. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 1: Erinaceidae. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95(4):437-467
Belongs to Galerix according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 1992
Sister taxa: Galerix africanus, Galerix aurelianensis, Galerix exilis, Galerix kostakii, Galerix remmerti, Galerix rutlandae, Galerix saratji, Galerix stehlini, Galerix symeonidisi, Galerix wesselsae
Type specimen: MTA Ke 6333, a tooth (M2 sup. dext.). Its type locality is Keseköy, which is in a MN 3 lacustrine claystone/coal in Turkey.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Turkey (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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