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| Magnatalpa Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Subfamily: | Talpinae |
| Tribe: | Desmanini |
| Genus: | †Magnatalpa |
| Species: | †M. fumamons |
| Binomial name | |
| †Magnatalpa fumamons Oberg & Samuels, 2022 | |
Magnatalpa is an extinct genus of desmanin that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Magnatalpa fumamons is known from fossils found in the Gray Fossil Site of Tennessee.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Oberg, Danielle; Samuels, Joshua (2022). "Fossil moles from the Gray Fossil Site (Tennessee): Implications for diversification and evolution of North American Talpidae". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1150. Retrieved 30 May 2025.