Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1992. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 1: Erinaceidae. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95(4):437-467
Belongs to Galerix according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 1992
Sister taxa: Galerix africanus, Galerix aurelianensis, Galerix exilis, Galerix kostakii, Galerix remmerti, Galerix rutlandae, Galerix stehlini, Galerix symeonidisi, Galerix uenayae, Galerix wesselsae
Type specimen: MTA Ha3-556, a mandible (dext. with p4-m2). Its type locality is Harami 3, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in Turkey.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Turkey (9 collections)
• Oligocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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