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Chrysochloridae (golden mole)
Mammalia - Chrysochloridae
Taxonomy
Chrysochloridae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Chrysochloroidea by Van Valen (1967); to Zalambdodonta by Carroll (1988); to Insectivora by Schlosser (1877), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Nowak (1991); to Afrotheria by Madsen et al. (2001); to Afrosoricida by Douady et al. (2002) and Seiffert (2007); and to Tenrecoidea by Asher et al. (2005), Alroy (2008) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Chrysochloroidea by Van Valen (1967); to Zalambdodonta by Carroll (1988); to Insectivora by Schlosser (1877), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Nowak (1991); to Afrotheria by Madsen et al. (2001); to Afrosoricida by Douady et al. (2002) and Seiffert (2007); and to Tenrecoidea by Asher et al. (2005), Alroy (2008) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
Subtaxa
Amblysomus (syn. Calcochloris, Chrysotrica, Huetia), Carpitalpa, Chlorotalpa, Chrysochlorinae, Chrysochloris (syn. Engyscopus, Ducantalpa, Chrysoris, Kilimatalpa, Aspalax), Chrysospalax (syn. Bematiscus), Cryptochloris, Damarachloris, Diamantochloris, Eremitalpa, Namachloris, Neamblysomus, Proamblysomus, Prochrysochloris
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Chrysochloridae Gray |
| 1877 | Chrysochloridae Schlosser p. 89 |
| 1883 | Chrysochloridae Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Chrysochloridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Chrysochloridae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Chrysochloridae Gregory p. 464 |
| 1967 | Chrysochloridae Van Valen |
| 1988 | Chrysochloridae Carroll |
| 1991 | Chrysochloridae Nowak |
| 2001 | Chrysochloridae Madsen et al. p. 610 |
| 2002 | Chrysochloridae Douady et al. p. 204 |
| 2005 | Chrysochloridae Asher et al. p. 919 |
| 2007 | Chrysochloridae Seiffert |
| 2008 | Chrysochloridae Alroy |
| 2010 | Chrysochloridae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available