Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Proscalopidae
Full reference: K. M. Reed. 1960. Insectivores of the Middle Miocene Split Rock Local Fanna, Wyoming. Breviora 116
Parent taxon: Proscalopidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Barnosky 1981, Carroll 1988, Reed 1960 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Oligoscalops, Proscalops
Subtaxa: Arctoryctes Arctoryctes terrenus Mesoscalops irwini Mesoscalops montanensis Mesoscalops scopelotemos
Type: Mesoscalops scopelotemos
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (22: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
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