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Mioechinus

Osteichthyes - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Mioechinus was named by Butler (1948). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Erinaceini by Van Valen (1967); to Erinaceidae by Carroll (1988); and to Erinaceinae by Gould (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Mioechinus Butler p. 476
1967Mioechinus Van Valen
1988Mioechinus Carroll
1995Mioechinus Gould p. 7

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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
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusMioechinusButler 1948

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. †Mioechinus Butler 1948
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Mioechinus butleri Crusafont et al. 1955
Mioechinus oeningensis Lydekker 1886
Mioechinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mioechinus tobieni Engesser 1980
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Messinian or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany M. sansaniensis (46955)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye (Kütahya) M. sp. (68560)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Xinjiang) M. sp. (42246)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Türkiye (Mugla) M. tobieni (68559)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) M. sp. (67161 67162 67163 67164 67165 67166)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) M. sp. (144566)