page_title: Pholidocercus
hierarchical_section_title: Pholidocercus
caption_attribution_description: English: Reconstruction of Pholidocercus, drawn after: Gerhard Storch and Gotthard Richter: Zur Paläobiologie der Messeler Igel. Natur und Museum 124 (3), 1994, pp. 81–90 (p. 82); and after: Kenneth D. Rose: The beginning of the age of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006, pp. 1–431 (p. 147; fig. 9.8) Deutsch: Lebendrekonstruktion von Pholidocercus, nachgezeichnet unter Vorlage von: Gerhard Storch und Gotthard Richter: Zur Paläobiologie der Messeler Igel. Natur und Museum 124 (3), 1994, S. 81–90 (p. 82); und: Kenneth D. Rose: The beginning of the age of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006, pp. 1–431 (S. 147, Abb. 9.8)
context_page_description: Pholidocercus is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal from the Messel pit related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog with a single species, Pholidocercus hassiacus. 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.
context_section_description: Pholidocercus is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal from the Messel pit related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog with a single species, Pholidocercus hassiacus. 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.
caption: Restoration
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