Neurogymnurus indricotherii Lopatin 1999 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191

Belongs to Neurogymnurus according to A. V. Lopatin 1999

Sister taxon: Neurogymnurus cayluxi

Type specimen: PIN 2974/63, a mandible (sin. with p4-m2). Its type locality is Donguz-Tau, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Chilikty Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Donguz-Tau

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