†Geotrypus copernici Skoczen 1980 (mole)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: S. Skoczen. 1980. Scaptonychini Van Valen, 1967, Urotrichini and Scalopini Dobson, 1883 (Insectivora, Mammalia) in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviense 24(9):411-448
Belongs to Geotrypus according to S. Skoczen 1980
Sister taxa: Geotrypus acutidentatus, Geotrypus antiquus, Geotrypus ehrensteinensis, Geotrypus montisasini, Geotrypus oschiriensis, Geotrypus tomerdingensis
Type specimen: ISEZ PAN MF/1008/17, a mandible (dext. with p4-m2). Its type locality is Kadzielnia, which is in a MN 17 cave horizon in Poland.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Kadzielnia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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