Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of prehistoric mole in Spain. Vulcanoscaptor ninoti lived during the ...

A team of researchers has identified and described Vulcanoscaptor ninoti ("the Camp dels Ninots volcano digger"), a previously unknown genus and species of Pliocene mole. The fossil was unearthed at ...

The fossil was discovered in 2010 during systematic excavations at Ca n’Argilera, one of the sectors of the Camp dels Ninots site, where research has been ongoing since 2003.