AN OLIGOCENE MOLE (TALPIDAE, INSECTIVORA, MAMMALIA) FROM MONGOLIA

Abstract

A new mole, Mongoloscapter zhegalloi gen. et sp. nov. (Talpinae, Scaptonychini), is described on the basis of a fragmentary lower jaw from the upper part of the Shand Gol Formation of the Tatsin Gol locality. This is the first record of the Talpidae from the Oligocene of Mongolia.