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Scaptochirus (Short-faced mole)
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).
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
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1867 | Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards |
| 1898 | Chiroscaptor Heude |
| 1967 | Scaptochirus Van Valen |
| 1988 | Scaptochirus Carroll |
| 2005 | Scaptochirus Wilson and Reeder |
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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
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| 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
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 |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Scaptochirus primitivus (68380) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | China (Jiangsu) | Scaptochirus moschatus (37064) |