Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191
Belongs to Amphechinus according to A. V. Lopatin 1999
Sister taxa: Amphechinus arvernensis, Amphechinus baudelotae, Amphechinus edwardsi, Amphechinus ellicottae, Amphechinus ginsburgi, Amphechinus golpeae, Amphechinus horncloudi, Amphechinus intermedius, Amphechinus kansuensis, Amphechinus kreuzae, Amphechinus major, Amphechinus minimus, Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus robinsoni, Amphechinus rusingensis, Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Palerinaceus (Postpalerinaceus)
Type specimen: PIN 210/735, a mandible (sin. with p4-m2). Its type locality is Akespe, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial shale/claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Akespe
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.