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Erinaceoidae

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Erinaceoidea was named by Gill (1872) [also attributed to Fischer de Waldheim 1817]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Erinaceoidae by Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Lipotyphla by Hay (1930); to Erinaceota by Van Valen (1967); to Insectivora by Schlosser (1877), Sloan and Van Valen (1965) and Lillegraven and McKenna (1986); and to Erinaceomorpha by Scott (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Erinaceoidea Gill p. 18
1877Erinaceoidea Schlosser p. 89
1930Erinaceoidae Hay p. 429
1965Erinaceoidea Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1967Erinaceoidea Van Valen
1986Erinaceoidea Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37
2006Erinaceoidea Scott p. 1697

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)

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.

Superfm. Erinaceoidae Gill 1872
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G. †Amphidozotherium Filhol 1877
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†Amphidozotherium cayluxi Filhol 1877
G. †Auroralestes Holroyd et al. 2004
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†Auroralestes simpsoni Bown 1979
Invalid names: Eolestes Bown and Schankler 1982 [replaced]
G. †Dartonius Novacek et al. 1985
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†Dartonius jepseni McKenna 1960
G. †Diacocherus Gingerich 1983
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†Diacocherus dockeryi Beard and Dawson 2009
Fm. †Dimylidae Schlosser 1887
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G. †Chainodus Ziegler 1990
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†Chainodus eggingensis Ziegler 1990
†Chainodus intercedens Müller 1967
†Chainodus sulcatus Stephan-Hartl 1972
†Chainodus ulmensis Ziegler 1990
Subfm. †Dimylinae Schlosser 1887
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G. †Cordylodon von Meyer 1859
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†Cordylodon haslachensis von Meyer 1859
G. †Metacordylodon Schlosser 1911
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†Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904
G. †Dimyloides Hürzeler 1944
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†Dimyloides stehlini Hürzeler 1944
Invalid names: Pseudocordylodon Hürzeler 1944 [synonym]
G. †Dimylus von Meyer 1846
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†Dimylus paradoxus von Meyer 1846
G. †Exoedaenodus Hürzeler 1944
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†Exoedaenodus schaubi Hürzeler 1944
G. †Plesiodimylus Gaillard 1897
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†Plesiodimylus bavaricus Schötz 1985
†Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899
†Plesiodimylus crassidens Engesser 1980
†Plesiodimylus helveticus Bollinger 1992
†Plesiodimylus huerzeleri Müller 1967
G. †Turkodimylus van den Hoek Ostende 1995
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†Turkodimylus hartogi van den Hoek Ostende 1995
†Turkodimylus sondaari van den Hoek Ostende 1995
Invalid names: Plesiodimylinae Huirzeler 1944 [empty]
G. †Leipsanolestes Simpson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the MN 11 or 55.80000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Entomolestes siegfriedti (15079)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Insectivora indet. (15216) Leipsanolestes siegfriedti (15082 15085 15092 15152) Leipsanolestes sp. (15072)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Entomolestes nitens (16055) Leipsanolestes siegfriedti (15694 15707 46790 46814) Leipsanolestes simpsoni (15515) Leipsanolestes sp., Leipsanolestes siegfriedti (15504) Leptacodon jepseni (15529)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Diacocherus dockeryi (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Leptacodon jepseni (15485 15887)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphidozotherium cayluxi (12843)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Amphidozotherium sp. (38862 39300)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) Amphidozotherium cayluxi (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Amphidozotherium cayluxi (31748)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) Amphidozotherium cayluxi (75867)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimyloides sp., Exoedaenodus sp. (59125)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimylidae indet., Exoedaenodus schaubi (74679)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Dimyloides hecki (84364)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimyloides stehlini (66105) Pseudocordylodon sp. 1, Dimyloides stehlini (66109) Pseudocordylodon vireti, Dimyloides stehlini (66111)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Dimylidae indet. (84606)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pseudocordylodon sp. (66110)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Dimylus paradoxus (69617)
MN 123.03 - 22.4France (Auvergne) Pseudocordylodon vireti (71538)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Switzerland (Neuchatel) Dimyloides stehlini (71232)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Switzerland (Solothurn) Pseudocordylodon rigassii (71214)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Chainodus eggingensis, Dimylus paradoxus (52566)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) Chainodus eggingensis, Cordylodon haslachensis (52567)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey (Manisa) Turkodimylus sp. (207048)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey (Ankara) Turkodimylus hartogi (64378)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Turkey Turkodimylus hartogi (64379 208574) Turkodimylus sp. (208576)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Plesiodimylus chantrei (200296)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Chainodus sp. (66139) Pseudocordylodon vireti, Chainodus ulmensis, Dimylus paradoxus (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Chainodus sp., Chainodus sulcatus, Dimylus paradoxus (69606)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimylidae indet. (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Plesiodimylus sp., Chainodus sp. (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Plesiodimylus chantrei, Plesiodimylus huerzeleri (68032)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Chainodus intercedens (68040)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimylidae indet., Chainodus intercedens (69179)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Plesiodimylus sp. (46215 46283)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Turkey (Ankara) Turkodimylus sondaari (64373)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Greece (Thrace) Plesiodimylus crassidens (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Chainodus intercedens (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Poland Plesiodimylus chantrei, Chainodus intercedens (31041)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Plesiodimylus helveticus (46284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Plesiodimylus sp. (180192)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Plesiodimylus chantrei (45604) Plesiodimylus sp. (45612)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Plesiodimylus chantrei, Chainodus intercedens (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Plesiodimylus sp. (175727)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Plesiodimylus bavaricus (46286)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Plesiodimylus helveticus (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Plesiodimylus bavaricus, Cordylodon intercedens (70009)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Plesiodimylus chantrei (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Metacordylodon schlosseri (42588)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Plesiodimylus chantrei (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Plesiodimylus sp. (46237 46244 46287)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Plesiodimylus chantrei (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Plesiodimylus sp. (46274)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Chainodus sp. (167497 167509)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Plesiodimylus sp. (46253)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Dimylidae indet. (46265)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Plesiodimylus sp. (46288)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Plesiodimylus chantrei, Metacordylodon schlosseri (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Plesiodimylus chantrei (53571) Plesiodimylus sp. (46277)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Plesiodimylus chantrei (67161 67163 67164 67166) Plesiodimylus chantrei, Metacordylodon schlosseri (67165) Plesiodimylus sp. (67162)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Turkey (Mugla) Plesiodimylus crassidens (68568)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Plesiodimylus johanni, Metacordylodon schlosseri (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Plesiodimylus chantrei (193490)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Poland Plesiodimylus sp., Plesiodimylus chantrei, Chainodus sp. (31039)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Plesiodimylus chantrei (66942)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Dimylidae indet., Metacordylodon schaffneri, Plesiodimylus chantrei (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Plesiodimylus chantrei, Metacordylodon schlosseri (66943)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Plesiodimylus chantrei (66945) Plesiodimylus chantrei, Metacordylodon schlosseri (66946)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Plesiodimylus chantrei (32649)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Plesiodimylus chantrei (69802)