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Parascalops fossilis

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Parascalops fossilis was named by Skoczen (1993). It is not extant. Its type specimen is ISEZ PAN MF/1018/24, a set of postcrania (Humerus sin.). Its type locality is Podlesice, which is in a MN 14 cave breccia in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Parascalops fossilis Skoczen p. 127

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusParascalopsTrue 1894
speciesfossilis

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.

†Parascalops fossilis Skoczen 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:13
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Freeman 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: MN 14 or 4.90000 to 4.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Parascalops fossilis (type locality: 32240)