Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1929. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 18(4)

Belongs to Metechinus according to W. D. Matthew 1929

Sister taxon: Metechinus amplior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): P4 4.20 x 3.40, M1 3.85 x 4.90, M2 2.70 x 3.95, p4 2.00 x 1.30, m1 5.05 x 2.95, m2 3.70 x 2.60