Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Alternative combination: Hesperoscalops sewardensis

Full reference: K. M. Reed. 1962. Two new species of fossil Talpid Insectivores. Breviora 168

Belongs to Scalopus according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Dalquest 1983, Hutchison 1968, Reed 1962 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Scalopus aquaticus, Scalopus blancoensis, Scalopus rexroadi, Hesperoscalops mcgrewi, Hesperoscalops ruficervus

Type specimen: UMMP 27276. Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Distribution: found only at Saw Rock Canyon (Lower)

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