Domninoides Green 1956 (mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to S. R. May 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Freeman 1979, Green 1956, Gunnell et al. 2008 and Van Valen 1967

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

Subtaxa: Domninoides hessei Domninoides knoxjonesi Domninoides mimicus Domninoides platybrachys Domninoides riparensis Domninoides santafei Domninoides valentinensis

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Type: Domninoides riparensis

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona collection)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (47: California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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