Synexallerix otus Lopatin and Zazhigin 2003 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin. 2003. New Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 37(1):62-75

Belongs to Synexallerix according to A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin 2003

Sister taxon: Synexallerix junggarensis

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4051/150, a mandible. Its type locality is Ayaguz, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial claystone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ayaguz

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