List of Erinaceidae and Dimylidae from the Late Miocene of Slovakia

The families Erinaceidae and Dimylidae are represented in the Late Miocene
localities of Slovakia (Borský Svätý Jur, Krásno, Pezinok, Šalgovce,
Studienka, Triblavina) by at least six hedgehog species (“Schizogalerix”
voesendorfensis, Schizogalerix cf. moedlingensis, Lantanotherium
sanmigueli, Atelerix cf. depereti, Atelerix aff. depereti, cf.
Postpalerinaceus sp., Erinaceinae gen. and sp. indet.) and two dimylid
species (Plesiodimylus chantrei, Metacordylodon aff. schlosseri). The
material of Lantanotherium sanmigueli from the western Carpathians is
investigated, revealing a broad variability in all samples. Additionally,
deciduous premolars of Lantanotherium are described for the first
time. Erinaceid species are frequent in the Vallesian but their abundance
strongly declines afterwards. As an exception, Schizogalerix reentered the
Danube and Vienna basins during MN11, likely from eastern Europe.
Erinaceinae displays a low diversity during the Late Miocene of central
Europe, which tends to support a pan-European diversity phenomenon. The
humidity-dependent Dimylidae species are abundant during the late
Vallesian. Rare finds of Plesiodimylus confirm the survival of this family
into early MN11 in the Pannonian region.