Magnatalpa
Appearance
Magnatalpa Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Talpidae |
Subfamily: | Talpinae |
Tribe: | Desmanini |
Genus: | †Magnatalpa |
Species: | †M. fumamons
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Binomial name | |
†Magnatalpa fumamons Oberg & Samuels, 2022
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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.