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Oligochenus grandis

Osteichthyes - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Oligochenus grandis was named by Lopatin (2005). Its type specimen is PIN 3109/251, a mandible (Right dentary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ergilin-Dzo (Sevkhul Member), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Oligochenus.

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by P. Mannion on 2015-11-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Oligochenus grandis Lopatin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusOligochenus
speciesgrandis

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.

†Oligochenus grandis Lopatin 2005
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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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Oligochenus grandis (type locality: 174647)