Subfamily Scalopinae Gill 1875 (mole)
Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Slug Bed (Miocene of California)