Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New insectivores and ruminants from the Tertiary of Mongolia, with remarks on the correlation. American Museum Novitates 105:1-7
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu 2004
See also Belyaeva 1948, Lopatin 2003 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Silvacola
Subtaxa: Palaeoscaptor acridens Palaeoscaptor gigas Palaeoscaptor rectus Palaeoscaptor tenuis
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (6 collections)
• Oligocene of China (6), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (30)
Total: 44 collections including 66 occurrences
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