Anomodon is an extinct genus of talpid mole from Galena, Illinois. The type, and only species, A. snyderi, was named and described in 1848 by John Lawrence LeConte.[1] The type specimen is ANSP 11631, a canine tooth, of which the genus is based on.[2]

Anomodon snyderi
Temporal range: Quaternary, 2.58–0.012 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Anomodon
Species:
A. snyderi
Binomial name
Anomodon snyderi
LeConte, 1848

References

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  1. ^ J. L. LeConte. (1848). Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois. American Journal of Science and Arts 5:102–106
  2. ^ O. P. Hay. (1902). Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1–868