Sonidolestes
| Sonidolestes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
| Genus: | †Sonidolestes |
| Species: | †S. wendusui
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| †Sonidolestes wendusui Li et. al., 2024
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Sonidolestes is an extinct genus of erinaceine that lived during the Early Miocene. It contains the single species Sonidolestes wendusui.
Distribution
[edit]Sonidolestes wendusui is known from fossils found in Inner Mongolia, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Li, Lu; Cailleux, Florentin; Mutu, Eerdeng; Van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.; Qiu, Zhuding (2 January 2024). "Sonidolestes wendusui, a new genus of Erinaceinae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China" (PDF). Historical Biology. 36 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:2024HBio...36....1L. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2141628. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 28 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.