Vetusspalax de Bruijn et al. 2013 (blind mole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, Z. Marković, and W. Wessels. 2013. Late Oligocene rodents from Banovići (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Palaeodiversity 6:63-105

Parent taxon: Spalacinae according to de Bruijn et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Debruijnia, Pliospalax, Spalax

Subtaxa: Vetusspalax progressus

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Type: Vetusspalax progressus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Turija open-pit mine (Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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