Magnatalpa

Magnatalpa; Temporal range: Zanclean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Subfamily:	Talpinae
Tribe:	Desmanini
Genus:	† Magnatalpa
Species:	†M. fumamons
Binomial name
	†Magnatalpa fumamons; Oberg & Samuels, 2022

Last updated August 15, 2025

Magnatalpa is an extinct genus of desmanin that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Magnatalpa fumamons is known from fossils found in the Gray Fossil Site of Tennessee.^[1]

References

↑ Oberg, Danielle; Samuels, Joshua (2022). "Fossil moles from the Gray Fossil Site (Tennessee): Implications for diversification and evolution of North American Talpidae". Palaeontologia Electronica . doi: 10.26879/1150 . Retrieved 30 May 2025.

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[1] Oberg, Danielle; Samuels, Joshua (2022). "Fossil moles from the Gray Fossil Site (Tennessee): Implications for diversification and evolution of North American Talpidae". Palaeontologia Electronica . doi: 10.26879/1150 . Retrieved 30 May 2025.

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