Chainodus sulcatus Stephan-Hartl 1972 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae

Alternative combination: Cordylodon sulcatus

Full reference: R. Stephan-Hartl. 1972. Die altmiozäne Säugetierfauna des Nordbassin und der Niederräder Schleusenkammer (Frankfurt/M, Hessen) und ihre stratigraphische Stellung. Abh. Hessisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, Wiesbaden 64:1-97

Belongs to Chainodus according to R. Ziegler 1990

See also Stephan-Hartl 1972

Sister taxa: Chainodus eggingensis, Chainodus intercedens, Chainodus ulmensis

Type specimen: SMF M 3705, a mandible (Mandible fragm. dext. with p4-m2).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Budenheim and Heßler quarries (Miocene of Germany)

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