Tetracus is an extinct genus of gymnures. Species are from the Oligocene of Belgium and France. Fossils can also be found in the Bouldnor Formation in the Hampshire Basin of southern England.
synonym Necrogymnurus minor in Lavocat, 1951, p. 13
synonym Tetracus bouti Lavocat, 1951, dans Lavocat, 1951.
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^Description d'un nouveau genre de Rongeurs provenant des Phosphorites du Quercy. H Filhol, Bulletin de la Socíeté philomathique du Paris, series, 1883
^Observations relatives au Mémoire de M. Cope, intitulé: Relations des Horizons renfermant des débris d'Animaux vertébrés fossiles en Europe et en Amérique. H Filhol, 1884
tetracus, confused, with, tetrakis, extinct, genus, gymnures, species, from, oligocene, belgium, france, fossils, also, found, bouldnor, formation, hampshire, basin, southern, england, temporal, range, preꞒ, scientific, classification, kingdom, animalia, phylu. Not to be confused with Tetrakis Tetracus is an extinct genus of gymnures Species are from the Oligocene of Belgium and France Fossils can also be found in the Bouldnor Formation in the Hampshire Basin of southern England TetracusTemporal range 28 4 23 03 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Eulipotyphla Family Erinaceidae Subfamily Galericinae Genus TetracusAymard 1850 Species Tetracus nanus Aymard 1846 Species Tetracus nanus Aymard 1846 synonym Erinaceus nanus Aymard 1846 synonym Camphotherium elegans Filhol 1883 1 Filhol 1884 2 synonym Comphotherium elegans Filhol 1884 Filhol 1885 synonym Gomphotherium elegans Filhol 1884 in Schlosser 1887 p 140 and 465 and in Lavocat 1951 p 14 synonym Neurogymnurus minor Filhol 1884 synonym Necrogymnurus minor in Lavocat 1951 p 13 synonym Tetracus bouti Lavocat 1951 dans Lavocat 1951 References edit Description d un nouveau genre de Rongeurs provenant des Phosphorites du Quercy H Filhol Bulletin de la Societe philomathique du Paris series 1883 Observations relatives au Memoire de M Cope intitule Relations des Horizons renfermant des debris d Animaux vertebres fossiles en Europe et en Amerique H Filhol 1884External links edit Tetracus at the Encyclopedia of Life nbsp This article about a prehistoric eulipotyphlan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tetracus amp oldid 1154738576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
