Anomodon snyderi

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Anomodon snyderi
Temporal range: Quaternary, 2.58–0.012 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Anomodon
Species:
A. snyderi
Binomial name
Anomodon snyderi
LeConte, 1848

Anomodon is an extinct genus of talpid mole from Galena, Illinois. The type, and only species, A. snyderi, was named and described in 1848 by John Lawrence LeConte.[1] The type specimen is ANSP 11631, a canine tooth, of which the genus is based on.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ J. L. LeConte. (1848). Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois. American Journal of Science and Arts 5:102–106
  2. ^ O. P. Hay. (1902). Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1–868