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Metechinus amplior

Osteichthyes - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Metechinus amplior was named by Rich (1981). Its type locality is Santa Cruz, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Metechinus amplior Rich
2016Metechinus amplior Korth and Evander

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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
subfamilyBrachyericinaeButler 1948
genusMetechinus
speciesamplior

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.

†Metechinus amplior Rich 1981
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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: 2012-05-15 03:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Metechinus amplior (18934)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Metechinus amplior (19287 type locality: 19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Brachyerix sp. (18220)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Metechinus amplior (18027 18031 18090 18102 18141 18164 18192 18208 18275 18284 18442) Metechinus sp. (18165)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Metechinus amplior (17976)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Metechinus amplior (19547)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Metechinus amplior (18212)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Metechinus sp. (19361)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Metechinus amplior (18066)