Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Full reference: A. D. Barnosky. 1981. A skeleton of Mesoscalops (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Miocene Deep River Formation, Montana, and a review of the proscalopid moles: evolutionary, functional, and stratigraphic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):285-339
Belongs to Mesoscalops according to A. D. Barnosky 1981
Sister taxa: Arctoryctes, Arctoryctes terrenus, Mesoscalops scopelotemos
Type specimen: UWBM 54708, a skeleton (partially articulated skeleton including skull and jaws, vertebral column, ribs, nearly complete forelimb, and partial hind limb). Its type locality is Spring Creek 1 (Level 2), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Deep River Formation of Montana.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Spring Creek 1 (Level 2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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