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Proscalopidae

Mammalia - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Proscalopidae was named by Reed (1961). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Soricomorpha by Carroll (1988); to Talpoidea by Barnosky (1981) and Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Lipotyphla by Korth et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Proscalopidae Reed
1981Proscalopidae Barnosky p. 288
1988Proscalopidae Carroll
2008Proscalopidae Gunnell et al.
2022Proscalopidae Korth et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
familyProscalopidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Proscalopidae Reed 1961
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G. †Mesoscalops Reed 1960
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†Mesoscalops montanensis Barnosky 1981
Invalid names: Arctoryctes Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium], Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium]
G. †Oligoscalops Reed 1961
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Invalid names: Oligoscalops whitmanensis Reed 1961 [synonym]
G. †Proscalops Matthew 1901
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†Proscalops evelynae Macdonald 1963
†Proscalops intermedius Barnosky 1982
†Proscalops miocaenus Matthew 1901
†Proscalops secundus Matthew 1909
†Proscalops tertius Reed 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) Proscalopidae indet. (16840)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Oligoscalops sp. (16988 17010)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Oligoscalops sp. (17014)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Arctoryctes galbreathi (16938)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Proscalops sp., Oligoscalops galbreathi (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Oligoscalops sp., Proscalops sp. (17189)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Proscalops tertius (17108)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Oligoscalops sp., Proscalops miocaenus (17318)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) Oligoscalops sp. (17090 17138)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) Arctoryctes galbreathi (17101)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Oligoscalops sp. (17081) Proscalops sp., Arctoryctes galbreathi (17082)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Colorado) Proscalops miocaenus (17426)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Proscalopidae indet. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Proscalops sp. (17317 17357 17384) Proscalops tertius (17336 17337 17338 17385 17437 170168)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Arctoryctes terrenus (17620 17633 17636 17638 17654) Domninoides evelynae (17641) Proscalops evelynae (17618 17630 17642) Proscalops sp. (17649) Proscalops sp., Arctoryctes terrenus (17635)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Oligoscalops whitmanensis, Proscalops miocaenus (17709) Proscalops tertius (17494 17495 17535 17544 17566 17590 17596 17597)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Proscalops sp., Proscalops sp. A, Proscalops n. sp., Proscalops secundus (212628)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proscalops tertius (17567)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Proscalops secundus (17490)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Proscalops intermedius (17695) Proscalops sp. (17489 17543 17700)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proscalops sp. (156729)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Proscalops sp. (17526)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Proscalops secundus (17561 17564) Proscalops sp. (17555)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Nebraska) Proscalops secundus (67637)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proscalops secundus (17802 17816 17843 67638 69806 69807)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (17892 17934 17963 26019 69808 69915 69916)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Proscalops sp., Proscalops secundus (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Mesoscalops sp. (17877 17912 17913 17914)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (19073 19074 19075 19076 19077 19078 19079 19081)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) Mesoscalops sp. (18003)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (17889)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (Montana) Mesoscalops montanensis (19084)
early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Mesoscalops sp. (18848)