Sonidolestes wendusui , a new genus of Erinaceinae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China

2022/11/08 by Lu Li, Florentin Cailleux, Eerdeng Mutu +2 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Mathematics · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Morphological variations and asymmetry

paper · doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2141628

openalex publication_date 2022/11/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

A new erinaceine, Sonidolestes wendusui gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Miocene of Inner Mongolia in China, is described here. The tooth morphology of this new taxon is quite unique. Especially, the enlarged p4 has a regressed paraconid and lacks the metaconid and the paralophid, unlike any known member of the Erinaceinae. Sonidolestes wendusui probably feeds on snails or coleopteran insects. The new erinaceine demonstrates the experimentation of members of the Asian Erinaceinae with different food and ecological niches.

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