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Amphechinini

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Amphechinini was named by Gureev (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Erinaceinae by Rich (1981), Gunnell et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Amphechinini Gureev
1981Amphechinini Rich
2008Amphechinini Gunnell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
tribeAmphechininiGureev 1979
tribeAmphechininiGureev 1979

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Amphechinini Gureev 1979
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G. †Amphechinus Aymard 1850
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†Amphechinus akespensis Lopatin 1999
†Amphechinus arvernensis Blainville 1839
†Amphechinus baudelotae Gibert 1974
†Amphechinus edwardsi Filhol 1879
†Amphechinus ellicottae Martin and Lim 2004
†Amphechinus ginsburgi Baudelot 1972
†Amphechinus golpeae Gibert 1974
†Amphechinus horncloudi Macdonald 1970
†Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899
†Amphechinus kansuensis Bohlin 1942
†Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West 1980
†Amphechinus major Ziegler et al. 2007
†Amphechinus minimus Bohlin 1942
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Invalid names: Amphechinus microdus Lopatin 1999 [synonym]
†Amphechinus minutissimus Ziegler et al. 2007
†Amphechinus robinsoni Gilbert 1974
†Amphechinus rusingensis Butler 1956
†Amphechinus taatsiingolensis Ziegler et al. 2007
Invalid names: Palaeoerinaceus Filhol 1897 [synonym]
G. †Parvericius Koerner 1940
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†Parvericius buk Ziegler et al. 2007
†Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940
†Parvericius voorhiesi Korth 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Chadronian to the top of the MN 17 or 37.00000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (119 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Amphechinus sp. (174647)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Amphechinus sp. (230806)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Amphechinus rectus (174759) Amphechinus sp. (175386 175387)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Kazakhstan Amphechinus kansuensis (71672)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Parvericius montanus (17476)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Amphechinus sp. (212628)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Amphechinus horncloudi (17700) Amphechinus sp., Parvericius sp. (17543)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Amphechinus sp. (182805)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) Amphechinus sp. (17764)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan Amphechinus rectus (175959) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus akespensis, Amphechinus minimus (64413)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Amphechinus major (182076 183914) Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182082 182085) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (182081 187257) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182078)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (75598)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Xinjiang) Erinaceidae indet. (175150)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Amphechinus minimus (176452) Amphechinus rectus, Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175379) Amphechinus sp. (175388) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175382 175383)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia Amphechinus major (183913) Amphechinus minutissimus (182083) Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (75599 75602 176447 182080) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (75588 180971 201162) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182143)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Amphechinus minimus (175920) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus microdus (37205) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175921)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphechinus robustus, Amphechinus arvernensis (74679)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphechinus arvernensis (66109)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Colorado) Erinaceidae indet. (19128)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98China (Xinjiang) Amphechinus sp. (181068)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Amphechinus major (180969)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (South Dakota) Palaeoerinaceus horncloudi (17560) Palaeoerinaceus horncloudi, Parvericius montanus (17564) Parvericius montanus, Brachyerix macrotis (17561)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1Canada (Saskatchewan) Parvericius montanus (17526)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Amphechinus horncloudi (17853)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Amphechinus sp., Parvericius voorhiesi (17816) Parvericius montanus (17792) Parvericius sp. (17843 28043 69806 69807) Parvericius voorhiesi (17802)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Amphechinus edwardsi (69617)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany Amphechinus sp. (70325)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphechinus edwardsi (66147)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (180965 180967 180975 180976 180977 182088 182089 182090 182136)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Colorado) Parvericius montanus (18978)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Palaeoerinaceus sp. (200296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Amphechinus sp. (27856 27857 27858)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) Amphechinus species B (180619)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Parvericius montanus (17892 17963 26019 69808)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Wyoming) Parvericius montanus (19074 19075 19076)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Parvericius montanus (17877 17912 17913 17914) Parvericius sp. (17878)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Amphechinus sp. (69775)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Parvericius montanus (18027 18031 18090 18102 18141 18164 18208 18240 18261 18275 18284 18442 18454)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Parvericius montanus (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Amphechinus sp., Parvericius montanus (18759)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Amphechinus sp. (22081)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Parvericius buk (205812)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Namibia Erinaceidae indet. (21855)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Pakistan (Minanwali) Amphechinus kreuzae (13489)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Amphechinus sp. (56738)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Amphechinus intermedius (69711)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya (Central Nyanza) Amphechinus sp. (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Spain (Soria) Amphechinus ginsburgi (40755)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Amphechinus sp. (46277 53571)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Parvericius sp. (18082)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Greece Palerinaceus sp. (191070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Parvericius buk (75600)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Postpalerinaceus vireti (66946)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Spain (Teruel) Postpalerinaceus vireti (36112)