Pholidocercus
Pholidocercus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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P. hassiacus at the HMNS | |
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 monotypic genus of mammal related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog with a single species, Pholidocercus hassiacus. 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. P. hassiacus has been found in the Messel Pit.
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