†Geotrypus tomerdingensis Tobien 1939 (mole)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Alternative combination: Talpa tomerdingensis
Full reference: H., Tobien. 1939. Die Insektenfresser und Nagetieree aus der aquitanen Spaltenfüllung bei Tomerdingen (Ulmer Alb). Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Feiburg um Breisgau. 36:159-180
Belongs to Geotrypus according to J.H. Hutchison 1974
See also Tobien 1939
Sister taxa: Geotrypus acutidentatus, Geotrypus antiquus, Geotrypus copernici, Geotrypus ehrensteinensis, Geotrypus montisasini, Geotrypus oschiriensis
Type specimen: SMNS unnumbered, a limb element (Humerus dex.)
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Tomerdingen 2 (Miocene of Germany)
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