Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: K. J. Lloyd and J. J. Eberle. 2008. A new talpid from the late Eocene of North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(3):539-543

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to K. J. Lloyd and J. J. Eberle 2008

Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae

Subtaxa: Oreotalpa florissantensis

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Type: Oreotalpa florissantensis

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at UCM locality 92179 (Eocene of Colorado)

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