Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Parascalops breweri Parascalops fossilis Parascalops grayensis
Type: Scalopus breweri
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (17: Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of Poland (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska, Tennessee)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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