Protogalericius averianovi Lopatin 2006 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2006. Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora. Paleontological Journal 40(3):S205-S405

Belongs to Protogalericius according to A. V. Lopatin 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZIN 89009, a maxilla. Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Andarak 2

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