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Brachyerix

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Brachyerix was named by Matthew (1933). It is not extant. Its type is Brachyerix macrotis.

It was assigned to Protericini by Van Valen (1967); to Erinaceidae by Matthew (1933), Rich (1981); and to Brachyericinae by McKenna and Holton (1967), Gould (1995), Gunnell et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Brachyerix Matthew
1967Brachyerix McKenna and Holton
1967Brachyerix Van Valen
1981Brachyerix Rich
1995Brachyerix Gould p. 7
2008Brachyerix 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
subfamilyBrachyericinaeButler 1948
genusBrachyerixMatthew 1933

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.

G. †Brachyerix Matthew 1933
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†Brachyerix hibbardi Stevens 1977
†Brachyerix macrotis Matthew 1933
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Invalid names: Metechinus marslandensis Meade 1941 [synonym]
†Brachyerix richi Martin and Lim 2004
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 23.04000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Texas) B. hibbardi (17768)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) B. macrotis (17738)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Colorado) B. macrotis (18978)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Colorado) B. macrotis (18941)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) B. macrotis (17963 17974 69808 69916)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) B. macrotis (17915 17920 17991)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Wyoming) B. macrotis (19073 19074 19075 19076 19077 19078 19079 19081)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) B. sp. (17889)