Gigantofossor Talpa

Description
Description: Short for fitting in tunnels, with robust bones for digging.

Range: Underneath the prehistoric jungles of Vaedanya, 80,000 - 1-4mya

Diet: A herbivorous diet similar to Gigantofossor Paneldhami. It mainly fed off luminofungi.

Discovery
The first specimen was discovered in Paelliwa by Ran and Loafofsof. They were digging out land for a greenhouse when they found a cache of supplies and a huge intact leg. The used a special breed of moss to extract the fossil, a practice not used in traditional academic circles, and used the same technique to extract fossils across Paelliwa and Clayroot.

Theories
The fossil was identified as a relative of Gigantofossor Paneldhami, which dug tunnels to connect the rivers it lived in. The new species, Gigantofossor Talpa, is believed to have lived in caves, both natural and artificial (the creature dug huge burrows). The proximity to humans led to two theories; Domestication and Hunting. The Domestication theory was the idea that early homonids domesticated these animals and used them as cattle and working animals. Early signs of habitation have been found in the caves, and tools and supplies were found near fossils. The Hunting Theory, which is the dominant one at the moment, is the idea that the homonids simply hunted the animals. They are believed to have been social creatures, as their burrows were very big, and it seems early homonids hunted them similar to bison and other animals. A herd of three animals was found at the bottom of clayroot, and some had head injuries caused by falling. The flint tools found near the animals also suggests homonins hunted them.