Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: G. Storch and Z. Qiu. 1983. The Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), China. – 2. Moles – Insectivora: Talpidae. Senckenbergiana lethaea 64(2/4):89-127
Parent taxon: Scalopini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Storch and Qiu 1983
Sister taxa: Leptoscaptor, Scalopoides, Scalopus, Scapanoscapter, Scapanulus, Scapanus
Subtaxa: Yanshuella columbiana Yanshuella primaeva
Type: Scaptochirus primaevus
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (2 collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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