Magnatalpa
| 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: | † |
| 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
Magnatalpa fumamons is known from fossils found in the Gray Fossil Site of Tennessee.[1]
References
- ^ 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.