| Pholidocercus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Pholidocercus hassiacus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Amphilemuridae |
| Genus: | †Pholidocercus von Koenigswald and Storch, 1983 |
| Species: | †P. hassiacus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pholidocercus hassiacus von Koenigswald and Storch, 1983 | |
Pholidocercus is an extinct genus of mammal related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog. Like the hedgehog, it was covered in thin spines. Unlike hedgehogs, it had scales on its head in a helmet-like formation, and had a long, thick, scaled tail. Pholidocercus hassiacus has been found in the Messel Pit.
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