Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to T. L. Yates and D. J. Schmidly 1975
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Neurotrichus gibbsii Neurotrichus polonicus Neurotrichus skoczeni
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Poland (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Poland (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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