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Proscalopidae

Osteichthyes - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Proscalopidae was named by Reed (1961). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Soricomorpha by Carroll (1988); to Talpoidea by Barnosky (1981), Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Lipotyphla by Korth et al. (2022).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2023-07-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Proscalopidae Reed
1981Proscalopidae Barnosky p. 288
1988Proscalopidae Carroll
2008Proscalopidae Gunnell et al.
2022Proscalopidae Korth et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
familyProscalopidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Proscalopidae Reed 1961
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G. †Mesoscalops Reed 1960
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Mesoscalops irwini Albright III et al. 2026
Mesoscalops montanensis Barnosky 1981
Invalid names: Arctoryctes Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium], Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium]
G. †Oligoscalops Reed 1961
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Invalid names: Oligoscalops whitmanensis Reed 1961 [synonym]
G. †Proscalops Matthew 1901
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Proscalops evelynae Macdonald 1963
Proscalops intermedius Barnosky 1982
Proscalops miocaenus Matthew 1901
Proscalops secundus Matthew 1909
Proscalops tertius Reed 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available