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Anomodon
Anomodon snyderi jaw fragment 1848
Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Anomodon
Leconte, 1848
Binomial name
Anomodon snyderi
Leconte, 1848

Anomodon is an extinct genus of talpid mole from Galena, Illinois. The type, and only species, Anomodon snyderi, was named and described in 1848.[1] The type specimen is ANSP 11631, a canine tooth.[2]


References[]

  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 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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