Mammalia - Soricomorpha - 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: Anomodon, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, 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
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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