Galerix

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = {{fossil range|28.4|3.4|Late Oligocene through Pliocene<ref name=paleodb/>}} |taxon = Galerix |authority = Pomel, 1848 }}

'''''Galerix''''' is a prehistoric genus of gymnures.<ref name=hoek-ostende/> Fossils of these hedgehog-like creatures are found in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

==Taxonomy==

Nine species are recognized as members of the genus:<ref name=paleodb/>

*''Galerix aurelianensis'' *''Galerix exilis'' *''Galerix kostakii'' *''Galerix remmerti'' *''Galerix rutlandae'' *''Galerix saratji'' *''Galerix stehlini'' *''Galerix symeonidisi'' *''Galerix uenayae''

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=paleodb>{{cite web|title=Galerix|at=Paleobiology Database|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40376|access-date=27 August 2010|archive-date=13 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013191657/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=40376&is_real_user=1|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name=hoek-ostende>van den Hoek Ostende L. W. (2001). A revised generic classification of the Galericini (Insectivora, Mammalia) with some remarks on their palaeobiogeography and phylogeny. ''Geobios'' '''34'''(6): 681–695. {{doi|10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80029-2}}</ref> }}

Category:Gymnures Category:Prehistoric Eulipotyphla Category:Oligocene mammals of Africa Category:Miocene mammals of Africa Category:Pliocene mammals of Africa Category:Oligocene mammals of Asia Category:Miocene mammals of Asia Category:Pliocene mammals of Asia Category:Oligocene mammals of Europe Category:Miocene mammals of Europe Category:Pliocene mammals of Europe Category:Fossil taxa described in 1848 Category:Prehistoric placental genera