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Scapanus

Mammalia - Talpidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Scapanus Pomel
1930Scapanus Hay p. 439
1967Scapanus Van Valen
1975Scapanus Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Scapanus Kurten and Anderson p. 114
1988Scapanus Carroll
2008Scapanus Gunnell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
subfamilyTalpinaeFisher von Waldheim 1817
tribeScalopiniDobson 1883
genusScapanusPomel 1848

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. Scapanus Pomel 1848
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†Scapanus hagermanensis Hutchison 1987
Scapanus latimanus Bachman 1842 [broad-footed mole]
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Invalid names: Scalops californicus Ayres 1856 [synonym]
†Scapanus malatinus Hutchison 1987
Scapanus orarius True 1896
†Scapanus proceridens Hutchison 1968
†Scapanus shultzi Tedford 1961
Scapanus townsendii Bachman 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:23
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Freeman 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) S. proceridens (19033)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) S. shultzi (19322 19323 19517)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) S. shultzi (18831 19029) S. sp. (18820)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) S. sp. (19036)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) S. sp. (19419)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) S. proceridens (18806 18939 18943 18944 18970 18999) S. sp. (18807 18940 19116)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) S. sp. (19095)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) S. sp. (19604)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) S. sp. (20063)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Oregon) S. latimanus (20018)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) S. sp. (19856 19906) S. townsendii (19910) Talpidae indet. (19820)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) S. malatinus (20118 20121 20122) S. sp. (19704 19713 19714 19725)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) S. latimanus (20387) S. malatinus (20123 225557) S. sp. (20192 20205 20206 20218 20460) S. sp., S. malatinus (20125 20127)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) S. latimanus (20323)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) S. latimanus (84880 225558) S. sp. (200313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. latimanus (219438) S. sp. (155409) S. sp., S. latimanus (106400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. latimanus (20642 20644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. californicus (155393)