Osteichthyes - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 54016

Full reference: M. Freudenthal. 1972. Deinogalerix koenigswaldi nov. gen., nov. spec., a giant insctivore from the Neogene of Italy. Scripta Geologica 14:1-19

Parent taxon: Galericinae according to P. M. Butler 1980

Sister taxa: Echinosoricini, Eochenus, Eogalericius, Galericini, Lantanotherium, Neurogymnurini, Neurogymnurus, Oligochenus, Parasorex, Protericini, Riddleria, Tetracus

Subtaxa: Deinogalerix brevirostris, Deinogalerix freudenthali, Deinogalerix intermedius, Deinogalerix koenigswaldi, Deinogalerix masinii, Deinogalerix minor, Deinogalerix samniticus

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore