Erinaceus samsonowiczi Sulimski 1959 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. Sulimski. 1959. Pliocene insectivores from Weze. Study on the Tertiary bone breccia fauna from Weze near Dzialoszyn in Poland. Part XI. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica IV(2)

Belongs to Erinaceus according to A. Sulimski 1959

Sister taxa: Erinaceus concolor, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus lechei, Erinaceus mongolicus, Erinaceus praeglacialis

Type specimen: ME Warsaw no. 1051, a mandible (Mandible sin. fragment with p3-m3). Its type locality is Węże, which is in a MN 15 cave breccia in Poland.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Romania (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Poland (1)

• Miocene of Greece (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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