Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford. 1961. Clarendonian Insectrivora from the Ricardo Formation, Kern County California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 60(2):57-76
Belongs to Scapanus according to R. H. Tedford 1961
Sister taxa: Scapanus hagermanensis, Scapanus latimanus, Scapanus malatinus, Scapanus orarius, Scapanus proceridens, Scapanus townsendii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ricardo, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Dove Spring Formation of California
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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