# Galerix

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

'''''Galerix''''' is a prehistoric genus of [gymnures](/source/Galericinae).<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](/source/Galerix_aurelianensis)''
*''[Galerix exilis](/source/Galerix_exilis)''
*''[Galerix kostakii](/source/Galerix_kostakii)''
*''[Galerix remmerti](/source/Galerix_remmerti)''
*''[Galerix rutlandae](/source/Galerix_rutlandae)''
*''[Galerix saratji](/source/Galerix_saratji)''
*''[Galerix stehlini](/source/Galerix_stehlini)''
*''[Galerix symeonidisi](/source/Galerix_symeonidisi)''
*''[Galerix uenayae](/source/Galerix_uenayae)''

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=paleodb>{{cite web|title=Galerix|at=[Paleobiology Database](/source/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>
}}

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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

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