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Amphechinus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy

Amphechinus was named by Aymard (1850). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protericini by Van Valen (1967); to Galericinae by Butler (1984); to Amphechinini by Lopatin (2002), Lopatin (2003) and Gunnell et al. (2008); to Erinaceinae by Bendukidze et al. (2009); and to Erinaceidae by Aymard (1850), Rich (1981), Pickford et al. (2000) and Korth et al. (2022).

Species

A. akespensis, A. arvernensis, A. baudelotae, A. edwardsi, A. ellicottae, A. ginsburgi, A. golpeae, A. horncloudi, A. intermedius, A. kansuensis, A. kreuzae, A. major, A. minimus (syn. A. microdus), A. minutissimus, A. robinsoni, A. rusingensis, A. taatsiingolensis, Palerinaceus (Postpalerinaceus)

Species lacking formal opinion data

A. rectus

Synonyms

Palaeoerinaceus was named by Filhol (1897). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Amphechinus by Van Valen (1967) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Palerinaceus was named by Crusafont and Villalta (1947). It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Palaeoerinaceus by Crusafont and Villalta (1947).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Amphechinus Aymard
1897	Palaeoerinaceus Filhol
1947	Palerinaceus Crusafont and Villalta
1967	Amphechinus Van Valen
1981	Amphechinus Rich
1984	Amphechinus Butler
2000	Amphechinus Pickford et al. p. 258
2002	Amphechinus Lopatin
2003	Amphechinus Lopatin
2008	Amphechinus Gunnell et al.
2009	Amphechinus Bendukidze et al. p. 345
2022	Amphechinus Korth et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
family	Erinaceidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Erinaceinae	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
tribe	Amphechinini	Gureev 1979
genus	Amphechinus	Aymard 1850

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. †Amphechinus Aymard 1850

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†Amphechinus akespensis Lopatin 1999

†Amphechinus arvernensis Blainville 1839

†Amphechinus baudelotae Gibert 1974

†Amphechinus edwardsi Filhol 1879

†Amphechinus ellicottae Martin and Lim 2004

†Amphechinus ginsburgi Baudelot 1972

†Amphechinus golpeae Gibert 1974

†Amphechinus horncloudi Macdonald 1970

†Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899

†Amphechinus kansuensis Bohlin 1942

†Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West 1980

†Amphechinus major Ziegler et al. 2007

†Amphechinus minimus Bohlin 1942

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Invalid names: Amphechinus microdus Lopatin 1999 [synonym]

†Amphechinus minutissimus Ziegler et al. 2007

†Amphechinus robinsoni Gilbert 1974

†Amphechinus rusingensis Butler 1956

†Amphechinus taatsiingolensis Ziegler et al. 2007

Invalid names: Palaeoerinaceus Filhol 1897 [synonym]

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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the MN 17 or 37.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (80 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Mongolia (Dornogov)	A. sp. (174647)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan	37.2 - 33.3	USA (Nebraska)	A. sp. (230806)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	China (Nei Mongol)	A. rectus (174759) A. sp. (175386 175387)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Kazakhstan	A. kansuensis (71672)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Oregon)	A. sp. (212628)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Montana)	A. horncloudi (17700) A. sp. (17543)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mongolia	A. major (183913) A. minutissimus (182083) A. minutissimus, A. major (75599 75602 176447 182080) A. taatsiingolensis (75588 180971 201162) A. taatsiingolensis, A. minutissimus, A. major (182143)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	A. major (182076 183914) A. minutissimus, A. major (182082 182085) A. taatsiingolensis (182081 187257) A. taatsiingolensis, A. minutissimus, A. major (182078)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kazakhstan	A. rectus (175959) A. sp., A. akespensis, A. minimus (64413)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	China (Gansu)	A. minimus (176452) A. rectus, A. sp., A. minimus (175379) A. sp. (175388) A. sp., A. minimus (175382 175383)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk)	A. minimus (175920) A. sp., A. microdus (37205) A. sp., A. minimus (175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mongolia (Bayankhongor)	A. taatsiingolensis (75598)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	China (Xinjiang)	Erinaceidae indet. (175150)
MP 29	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	A. robustus, A. arvernensis (74679)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	A. arvernensis (66109)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	28.4 - 15.97	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	A. taatsiingolensis, A. major (180969)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	28.4 - 15.97	China (Xinjiang)	A. sp. (181068)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Switzerland (Canton Solothurn)	A. sp. (182805)
Chattian - Aquitanian	28.1 - 20.44	USA (Colorado)	Erinaceidae indet. (19128)
Monroecreekian	26.3 - 24.8	USA (South Dakota)	Brachyerix macrotis (17561) Palaeoerinaceus horncloudi (17560 17564)
Harrisonian	24.8 - 18.5	USA (Wyoming)	A. horncloudi (17853)
Harrisonian	24.8 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	A. sp. (17816)
MN 1	23.03 - 22.4	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	A. edwardsi (66147)
MN 1	23.03 - 22.4	Germany	A. sp. (70325)
MN 1	23.03 - 22.4	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	A. edwardsi (69617)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Mongolia	A. taatsiingolensis (180965 180967 180975 180976 180977 182088 182089 182090 182136)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	France	Palaeoerinaceus sp. (200296)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Kenya	A. sp. (27856 27857 27858)
Burdigalian - Serravallian	20.44 - 11.62	Pakistan (Baluchistan)	A. species B (180619)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Germany (Bavaria)	A. sp. (69775)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	Canada (Saskatchewan)	A. sp. (18759)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Kenya	A. sp. (22081)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Namibia	Erinaceidae indet. (21855)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian	15.97 - 7.246	Pakistan (Minanwali)	A. kreuzae (13489)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Spain (Soria)	A. ginsburgi (40755)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Kenya (Central Nyanza)	A. sp. (21340)
MN 6	13.65 - 12.75	Slovakia (Bratislava)	A. intermedius (69711)
MN 6	13.65 - 12.75	Russian Federation (Stavropol)	A. sp. (56738)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Switzerland (Thurgau)	A. sp. (46277 53571)
Vallesian	11.608 - 8.7	Greece	Palerinaceus sp. (191070)
MN 10	9.7 - 8.7	Austria	Postpalerinaceus vireti (66946)
MN 17	2.588 - 1.806	Spain (Teruel)	Postpalerinaceus vireti (36112)