Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Full reference: T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116
Belongs to Metechinus according to T. H. V. Rich 1981
See also Korth and Evander 2016
Sister taxa: Metechinus fergusoni, Metechinus nevadensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Cruz, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (21: California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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