Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Bendukidze et al. 2009, Crochet 1986 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina
Subtaxa: Desmanella Gaillardia Mystipterus Theratiskos Uropsilus
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections)
• Pliocene of France (3), Greece (4), Spain (1)
• MN 13 of Turkey (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Miocene of Austria (7), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (8), Greece (3), Hungary (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), Turkey (6), United States (22: Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Montana)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 86 collections including 87 occurrences