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Taxonomy
Scaptonyx was named by Milne-Edwards (1872). It is extant.
It was assigned to Scaptonychini by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Scaptonychini by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Carroll (1988).
Species
Synonymy list
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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. Scaptonyx Milne-Edwards 1872 [Long-tailed mole]
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†Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard 1899
Scaptonyx fusicaudus Milne-Edwards 1872 [long-tailed mole]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 20.44000 to 11.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | France | Scaptonyx edwardsi (200296) | |
| Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (39714) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Scaptonyx sp. (69098) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (49418) | |
| MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (69711) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Baselland) | Scaptonyx edwardsi (49421) |