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Erinaceini

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Erinaceini was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Erinaceinae by Van Valen (1967), McKenna and Bell (1997), Gunnell et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Erinaceini Fischer de Waldheim p. 372
1967Erinaceini Van Valen
1997Erinaceini McKenna and Bell p. 278
2008Erinaceini 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
tribeErinaceiniFischer de Waldheim 1817
tribeErinaceiniFischer de Waldheim 1817

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. Erinaceini Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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G. †Postpalerinaceus Crusafont-Pairó and Villalta 1947
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G. †Stenoechinus Rich and Rasmussen 1973
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†Stenoechinus tantalus Rich and Rasmussen 1973
G. †Untermannerix 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: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the MN 9 or 23.04000 to 9.67000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Stenoechinus tantalus (17543 17700)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Colorado) Stenoechinus tantalus (18978)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Untermannerix copiosus (19287 19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Untermannerix copiosus (18027 18031 18090 18121 18141 18164 18208 18261 18275 18284 18332 18442)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Untermannerix copiosus (18759)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Untermannerix copiosus (19547)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Untermannerix copiosus (18450) Untermannerix sp. (18186)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oklahoma) Untermannerix copiosus (18463)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Untermannerix copiosus (188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Untermannerix copiosus (18066)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Postpalerinaceus cingulatus (75481)