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,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Anomodon |
| Species: | A. snyderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anomodon snyderi LeConte, 1848
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References edit
- ^ J. L. LeConte. (1848). Notice of five new species of fossil Mammalia from Illinois. American Journal of Science and Arts 5:102–106
- ^ 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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