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A new talpid from the late Eocene of North America

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Lloyd K. J., Eberle J. J.

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

2008

tom 53

nr 3

The origin and early evolution of talpids (moles, shrew−moles, and desmans) is not well understood, in large part due to the poor fossil record of early talpids. Here we report the oldest known talpid from North America, Oreotalpa florissantensis gen. et sp. nov., based upon a tiny dentary with m1–m3 discovered in upper Eocene (Chadronian) strata of the Florissant Formation, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado. Oreotalpa extends the North American record of talpids back by some six Ma and appears temporally correlative with the oldest documented talpids from the late Eocene of Europe. While others have postulated a Eurasian origin for talpids, discovery of Oreotalpa suggests that the evolution of the group was underway in North America by late Eocene time and raises the possibility of a North American origin.

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1 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

1 Eberle J. J.

1 Lloyd K. J.

1 2008

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A new talpid from the late Eocene of North America