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Amphechinus ellicottae

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Amphechinus ellicottae was named by Martin and Lim (2004) [listed as Amphechinus ellicotti (lapsus calami) in figure caption on p. 203]. Its type specimen is UNSM 11674, a mandible (left ramus with I1, P4, M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Van Tassel (Lower), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. rectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Amphechinus ellicottae Martin and Lim p. 202

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
tribeAmphechininiGureev 1979
genusAmphechinusAymard 1850
speciesellicottae

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.

†Amphechinus ellicottae Martin and Lim 2004
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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, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Amphechinus horncloudi (type locality: 17853)