Oligoscalops Reed 1961 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae

Full reference: K. M. Reed. 1961. The Proscalopinae, a new subfamily of talpid insectivores. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 125(14):473-494

Parent taxon: Proscalopidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Barnosky 1981, Carroll 1988, Korth et al. 2022, Reed 1961 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Mesoscalops, Proscalops

Subtaxa: Oligoscalops galbreathi

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Type: Oligoscalops whitmanensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (8: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of United States (4: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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