Scalopus rexroadi Hibbard 1941 (mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Alternative combination: Hesperoscalops rexroadi

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 26(2):337-368

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

See also Dalquest 1983, Hibbard 1941, Hutchison 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Tedford et al. 1987

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 2a, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (8: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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