A New Genus of the Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Erinaceomorpha) from the Lower Miocene of Mongolia.

Authors :: Lopatin AV
Source :: Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections [Dokl Biol Sci] 2020 Mar; Vol. 491 (1), pp. 67-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 01.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Ereberix erebericulus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest representative of the Asian Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Erinaceomorpha), a peculiar extinct group of short-faced hedgehogs with predatory adaptations, is described from the Lower Miocene Loo Formation of the Taatsiin Gol locality (Valley of Lakes, Mongolia). The description of the new form expands the knowledge on the taxonomic and morphological diversity of the Asian Brachyericinae.

Subjects :: Animals
Extinction, Biological
Mongolia
Predatory Behavior
Fossils
Hedgehogs
Jaw anatomy & histology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1608-3105
Volume :: 491
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 32483713
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620020064

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