†Quadrodens wilsoni Macdonald 1970 (mole)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Synonym: Palaeoscalopus pineridgensis Macdonald 1970
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82
Belongs to Quadrodens according to J. R. Macdonald 1970
See also Gunnell et al. 2008 and Hutchison 1972
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Quadrodens wilsoni: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5359), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota
- Palaeoscalopus pineridgensis: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5360), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: South Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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