Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Synonym: Proscapaneus Winge 1917
Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1899. Mammifères miocènes nouveaux ou peu connus de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère). Archives des Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Lyon VII(2):1-79
Parent taxon: Scalopini according to F. Cailleux et al. 2024
See also Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Leptoscaptor, Scalopoides, Scalopus, Scapanoscapter, Scapanulus, Scapanus, Yanshuella
Subtaxa: Proscapanus austriacus Proscapanus intercedens Proscapanus lehmani Proscapanus minor Proscapanus sansaniensis
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (3 collections), France (12), Germany (17), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences
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