| Amphechinus Temporal range: Oligocene – Miocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Amphechinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Genus: | †Amphechinus Aymard, 1850 |
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Amphechinus is a genus of hedgehog in the Erinaceidae family, which lived in Asia and Europe during the Oligocene and in North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe during the Miocene.
Taxonomy[]
Amphechinus was named by Auguste Aymard in 1850. It is not extinct. It was assigned to Erinaceidae by Aymard (1850), Rich (1981) and Pickford et al. (2000).
Morphology[]
A single specimen was examined by J. I. Bloch, K. D. Rose, and P. D. Gingerich for body mass and was estimated to have a weight of 1 g (0.39 lb).
Its fossils have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species[]
- †Amphechinus akespensis
- †Amphechinus arvernensis
- †Amphechinus baudelotae
- †Amphechinus edwardsi
- †Amphechinus ginsburgi
- †Amphechinus golpeae
- †Amphechinus horncloudi
- †Amphechinus intermedius
- †Amphechinus kreuzae
- †Amphechinus major
- †Amphechinus microdus
- †Amphechinus minutissimus
- †Amphechinus robinsoni
- †Amphechinus taatsiingolensis