Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: J. J. Eberle, N. Rybczynski, and D. R. Greenwood. 2014. Early Eocene mammals from the Driftwood Creek beds, Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, northern British Columbia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):739-746

Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to J. J. Eberle et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor

Subtaxa: Silvacola acares

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Type: Silvacola acares

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at North Face (Eocene of British Columbia)

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