Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae

Synonym: Metacodon Clark 1936

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Asher et al. 2005, Clark 1966, Engesser 1979, Hay 1902, Johnson 1966, Lillegraven et al. 1981, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1960, Robinson 1968, Russell 1972 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, 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: Geolabis rhynchaeus

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Type: Geolabis rhynchaeus

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Blue Ash Local Fauna (Oligocene of South Dakota)

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