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Chrysochloris (Cape golden mole)
Taxonomy
Chrysochloris was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.
It was assigned to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Chrysochlorinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Chrysochloridae by Van Valen (1967), Carroll (1988) and Gilbert et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Talpina by Gray (1825); to Chrysochlorinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Chrysochloridae by Van Valen (1967), Carroll (1988) and Gilbert et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1799 | Chrysochloris Lacépède p. 7 |
1804 | Aspalax Desmarest |
1815 | Chrysoris Rafinesque |
1825 | Chrysochloris Gray p. 339 |
1825 | Aspalax Gray p. 342 |
1842 | Ducantalpa Boitard |
1848 | Engyscopus Gistel |
1955 | Kilimatalpa Lundholm |
1967 | Chrysochloris Van Valen |
1988 | Chrysochloris Carroll |
2005 | Chrysochloris Wilson and Reeder |
2006 | Chrysochloris Gilbert et al. p. 794 |
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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. Chrysochloris Lacépède 1799 [Cape golden mole]
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Subg. Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) Lacépède 1799
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Chrysochloris (Chrysochloris) visagiei Broom 1950 [Visagies golden mole]
Subg. Chrysochloris (Kilimatalpa) Lundholm 1955
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Chrysochloris (Kilimatalpa) stuhlmanni Matschie 1894 [Stuhlmanns golden mole]
†Chrysochloris arenosa Asher and Avery 2010
Chrysochloris asiatica Linnaeus 1758 [Cape golden mole]
†Chrysochloris bronneri Asher and Avery 2010
Invalid names: Aspalax Desmarest 1804 [synonym], Chrysoris Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Ducantalpa Boitard 1842 [synonym], Engyscopus Gistel 1848 [synonym], Kilimatalpa Lundholm 1955 [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, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Chrysochloris sp. (22224 22228) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Chrysochloris sp. (59167 115166) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Chrysochloris arenosa, Chrysochloris bronneri (192080) | |
Zanclean | South Africa | Chrysochloris sp. (22221 22222) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Chrysochloris sp. (21713) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Chrysochloris sp. (21862) |