Pholidocercus

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Pholidocercus
Fossil range: Early Eocene
Pholidocercus hassiacus
Pholidocercus hassiacus
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Erinaceomorpha
Family: Amphilemuridae
Genus: Pholidocercus

Pholidocercus is an extinct genus of mammal related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog. Like the hedgehog, it was covered in thin spines. Unlike hedgehogs, it had scales on its head in a helmet-like formation, and had a long, thick, scaled tail. Pholidocercus has been found in the Messel Pit.

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