Deinogalerix (from Ancient Greek, "terrible/terror" + Galerix) is an extinct genus of gymnure which lived in Italy in the Late Miocene, 7-10 million years ago. The genus was endemic to what was then the island of Gargano, which is now a peninsula in southeastern Italy …

2019年11月22日 · Through the study of fossils, scientists have discovered some primitive ancestors of the hedgehog, including the Litolestes, the Leipsanolestes, Oncocherus, the Cedrocherus and the Deinogalerix.

2013年11月11日 · Paleontologists have described a new species of giant, spineless hedgehog that lived in what is today the Gargano peninsula of Italy during the late Miocene, about 10-7 million years ago. This is an artist’s reconstruction of Deinogalerix koenigswaldi, the largest known Deinogalerix species. Image credit: © Roman Yevseyev / Other-worlds.ucoz.ru.

2016年6月18日 · Fossils of Deinogalerix are known from the Gargano region of Italy,‭ ‬but it’s important to remember that back in the‭ ‬Miocene Sea levels were much higher resulting in Gargano being an island that was cut off from the mainland.‭ ‬Deinogalerix grew to its large size due to a process called insular gigantism.‭ ‬This is where an isolated ecosystem...

2013年1月1日 · More than 30 years after its last description, the new find among the oldest “ Mikrotia fauna” from Gargano allows us to update the knowledge about the giant hedgehog Deinogalerix.

2014年7月9日 · Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of two previously unknown mammals that lived in what is now British Columbia in Canada during the early Eocene, about 52 million years ago – a tiny hedgehog species named Silvacola acares and a tapir-type herbivore of the genus Heptodon.

2023年9月16日 · Through prehistoric hedgehog sculptures and ancient hedgehog cave paintings, our ancestors sought to honor and understand these enigmatic creatures that inhabited their world.

2013年7月1日 · Several features observed on the skeleton documented in this paper conclusively demonstrate that this giant hedgehog is a member of the subfamily Galericinae and, more particularly, of the...

2012年2月1日 · Phylogeographic studies of animals can be a proxy for prehistoric human contacts. Hedgehogs first appear on the Island of Gotland during the Neolithic. Results show that the Neolithic hedgehogs belong to the Erinaceus europaeus variety. The ancient hedgehog mitotypes coincide with extant mitotypes in Sweden. Thus indicating early contacts with ...

2023年9月8日 · You’ll be amazed to learn that prehistoric hedgehogs have been part of an ancient lineage. These fascinating creatures have left behind a trail of evidence in the form of prehistoric hedgehog fossils, which provide valuable insights into their evolution and existence.