Tribe Scaptonychini Van Valen 1966 (mole)
Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Talpinae according to L. Van Valen 1967
See also Crochet 1995
Sister taxa: Achlyoscapter, Condylurini, Magnatalpa, Scalopini, Urotrichini, Yunoscaptor
Subtaxa: Geotrypus Mongoloscapter Mygatalpa Scaptonyx
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Poland (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (5), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), France (9), Germany (5), Mongolia (1)
Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences