Lanthanotherium observatum Korth and Evander 2016 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander. 2016. Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia (Mammalia) from Observation Quarry, Earliest Barstovian (Miocene), Dawes County, Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(3):219-254

Belongs to Lanthanotherium according to W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FAM 140574, a mandible (dentary with c1, p4-m3). Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Observation Quarry

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