Oligoechinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene

| genus = Oligoechinus

| species = lanzhouensis

| authority = Li et. al., 2019

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Oligoechinus is an extinct genus of erinaceid that inhabited China during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, O. lanzhouensis.{{Cite journal |author1=Zhichao Li |author2=Yongxiang Li |author3=Xiangxu Xue |author4=Wenhou Li |author5=Yunxiang Zhang |author6=Fu Yang |year=2019 |title=A new fossil Erinaceidae from the Shajingyi area in the Lanzhou Basin, China |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2019endzxb04001&flag=1 |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=789–798 |bibcode=2019AcGlS..93..789L |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.13797 |s2cid=135012649|url-access=subscription }}

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Category:Oligocene mammals of Asia

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2019

Category:Erinaceidae

Category:Prehistoric placental genera

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