Biology:Amphechinus
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| Amphechinus Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
| Tribe: | †Amphechinini |
| Genus: | †Amphechinus Aymard, 1850 |
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Amphechinus is an extinct genus of hedgehog of the family Erinaceidae, which lived in Asia and Europe during the Oligocene and in North America, Africa, Asia and Europe during the Miocene.
A single specimen examined in 1998 was estimated to have had a weight of 175 g (0.39 lb) when alive.[1][failed verification]
Sources
- ↑ Bloch, J.I.; Rose, K.D.; Gingerich, P.D. (August 1998). "New species of Batodonoides (Lipotyphla, Geolabididae) from the early Eocene of Wyoming: smallest known mammal?". Journal of Mammalogy 79 (3): 804–827. doi:10.2307/1383090.
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
External links
- Amphechinus in the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q4748145 entry
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