Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae

Synonym: Bematiscus Cope 1892

Parent taxon: Chrysochloridae according to C. Gilbert et al. 2006

See also Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Amblysomus, Carpitalpa, Chlorotalpa, Chrysochlorinae, Chrysochloris, Cryptochloris, Damarachloris, Diamantochloris, Eremitalpa, Namachloris, Neamblysomus, Proamblysomus, Prochrysochlorinae

Subtaxa: Chrysospalax trevelyani Chrysospalax villosus

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kromdraai B (Pliocene of South Africa)

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