Oligoechinus

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Oligoechinus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Oligoechinus
Species:
O. lanzhouensis
Binomial name
Oligoechinus lanzhouensis
Li et. al., 2019

Oligoechinus is an extinct genus of erinaceid that inhabited China during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, O. lanzhouensis. [1]

References

  1. Zhichao Li; Yongxiang Li; Xiangxu Xue; Wenhou Li; Yunxiang Zhang; Fu Yang (2019). "A new fossil Erinaceidae from the Shajingyi area in the Lanzhou Basin, China" . Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 93 (4): 789–798. Bibcode:2019AcGlS..93..789L. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.13797. S2CID   135012649.