Palaeoscaptor rectus Matthew and Granger 1924 (hedgehog)

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

Belongs to Palaeoscaptor according to W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1924

Sister taxa: Palaeoscaptor acridens, Palaeoscaptor gigas, Palaeoscaptor tenuis

Type specimen: AMNH 19146, a mandible (with m2, m3). Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mongolia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Mongolia (9)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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