Asthenoscapter Hutchison 1974 (mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1974. Notes on type specimen of European Miocene Talpidae and a tentative classification of Old World Tertiary Talpidae (Insectivora: Mammalia). Geobios No. 7(fasc. 3):211-256

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae

Subtaxa: Asthenoscapter meini

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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