†Mygalea magna Ziegler 1990 (mole)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: R. Ziegler. 1990. Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 167:1-81
Belongs to Mygalea according to R. Ziegler 1990
Sister taxa: Mygalea antiqua, Mygalea jaegeri
Type specimen: SMNS SMF 87/7, a mandible (mandible sin. with alveoli of i1-p1 and p2-m3 in situ). Its type locality is Budenheim and Heßler quarries, which is in a MN 2 peritidal limestone in Germany.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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