Chlorotalpa Roberts 1924 (golden mole)
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Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae
Parent taxon: Chrysochloridae according to C. Gilbert et al. 2006
See also Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Amblysomus, Carpitalpa, Chrysochlorinae, Chrysochloris, Chrysospalax, Cryptochloris, Damarachloris, Diamantochloris, Eremitalpa, Namachloris, Neamblysomus, Proamblysomus, Prochrysochlorinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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