Galerix uenayae van den Hoek Ostende 1992 (hedgehog)

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 saratji, Galerix stehlini, Galerix symeonidisi, Galerix wesselsae

Type specimen: MTA Ke 6333, a tooth (M2 sup. dext.). Its type locality is Keseköy, which is in a MN 3 lacustrine claystone/coal in Turkey.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Turkey (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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