Anomodon Snyderi
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''Anomodon'' is an extinct genus of
talpid The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean anim ...
mole from Galena, Illinois. The type, and only species, ''A. snyderi'', was named and described in 1848 by
John Lawrence LeConte John Lawrence LeConte (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,
. The type specimen is ANSP 11631, a canine tooth, of which the genus is based on. O. P. Hay. (1902). Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. ''Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey'' 179:1–868


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Fossil taxa described in 1848 Pleistocene mammals of North America Talpidae {{paleo-talpidae-stub