Pliospalax Kormos 1932 (blind mole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Parent taxon: Spalacinae according to K. Vasileiadou and G. D. Koufos 2005

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Debruijnia, Spalax, Vetusspalax

Subtaxa: Pliospalax macoveii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Villafranchian of Greece (1)

• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Romania (1), Türkiye (1)

• Turolian of Greece (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Greece (1), Türkiye (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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