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Schizogalerix moedlingensis

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Galerix moedlingensis was named by Rabeder (1973). Its type specimen is UWPI 1953/10/4, a tooth (M2 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eichkogel, Mödling (NHMW collection), which is in a MN 11 lacustrine marl/limestone in Austria.

It was recombined as Schizogalerix moedlingensis by Engesser (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. sarmaticum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Galerix moedlingensis Rabeder p. 433
1980Schizogalerix moedlingensis Engesser

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
tribeGalericiniPomel 1848
genusSchizogalerix
speciesmoedlingensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Rabeder 1973In der Größe wie Galerix zapfei Bachmeyer & Wilson 1971, aber m inf. mit Hypoconid-ENtoconid grat. p4 talonid lang, mit medianem Längsgrat. M1 and M2 mit je kegelförmigen Mesostyli, die keine Spur eines Verbintdungsgrat zeigen, sondern durch die Transversalfurche völlig getrennt sind, M3 relativ groß mit deutlichem Protoconulus.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 11 to the top of the MN 12 or 8.72500 to 6.96500 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Schizogalerix moedlingensis, Galerix exilis (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Galerix exilis (type locality: 32649)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Greece (Attica) Galerix moedlingensis (68214)