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Scaptochirus (Short-faced mole)

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Scaptochirus was named by Milne-Edwards (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Talpidae by Carroll (1988); and to Talpini by Van Valen (1967), Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards
1898Chiroscaptor Heude
1967Scaptochirus Van Valen
1988Scaptochirus Carroll
2005Scaptochirus Wilson and Reeder

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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
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusScaptochirusMilne-Edwards 1867

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.

G. Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Short-faced mole]
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Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Short-faced mole]
Invalid names: Chiroscaptor Heude 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:41:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Anhui) Scaptochirus primitivus (68380)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0China (Jiangsu) Scaptochirus moschatus (37064)