Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler. 1990. Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158:1-99
Belongs to Chainodus according to R. Ziegler 1990
Sister taxa: Chainodus intercedens, Chainodus sulcatus, Chainodus ulmensis
Type specimen: BSP 1881 IX 1, a mandible (mandible sin. with p1 fragm. m2). Its type locality is Eggingen, which is in an Aquitanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/limestone in the Lower Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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