†Scalopoides hutchisoni Korth and Evander 2016 (mole)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander. 2016. Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia (Mammalia) from Observation Quarry, Earliest Barstovian (Miocene), Dawes County, Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(3):219-254
Belongs to Scalopoides according to W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander 2016
Sister taxa: Scalopoides isodens, Scalopoides ripafodiator
Type specimen: FAM 144656, a mandible (right dentary with p2-m2). Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Observation Quarry
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