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Scalopus

Mammalia - Talpidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Scalopus Geoffroy
1811Scalops Illinger
1825Scalops Gray p. 339
1902Scalops Hay p. 738
1930Scalopus Hay p. 438
1941Hesperoscalops Hibbard
1952Scalopus Sherman p. 87
1967Scalopus Van Valen
1975Scalopus Yates and Schmidly p. 902
1980Scalopus Kurten and Anderson p. 115
1987Hesperoscalops Tedford et al.
1988Hesperoscalops Carroll
1988Scalopus Carroll
2008Scalopus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—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)
subfamilyTalpinaeFisher von Waldheim 1817
tribeScalopiniDobson 1883
genusScalopusGeoffroy 1803

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. Scalopus Geoffroy 1803
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Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 [eastern mole]
†Scalopus blancoensis Dalquest 1975
†Scalopus rexroadi Hibbard 1941
†Scalopus sewardensis Reed 1962
Invalid names: Hesperoscalops Hibbard 1941 [synonym], Scalops Illinger 1811 [synonym]
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 21:04:35
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Freeman 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) S. sp. (18201)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) S. ruficervus (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Hesperoscalops sp. (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) S. mcgrewi (18126 18359) S. sp. (18247)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Hesperoscalops rexroadi (19923 19931 19932 19934 19935 19936) Hesperoscalops sewardensis (19922) S. aquaticus (19942 19945)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Hesperoscalops blancoensis (20023 20030 20032) S. rexroadi (20060) S. sp. (20037)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (19752)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) S. aquaticus (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) S. blancoensis (227144 227145) S. rexroadi (227143) S. sp. (19984 227147 227149 227150)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (19750 98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) S. aquaticus (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) S. aquaticus (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) S. sp. (20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) S. sp. (20479)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) S. aquaticus (20143)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) S. aquaticus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20289 20350 20385 20475)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) S. aquaticus (20492)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. aquaticus (93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. aquaticus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) S. aquaticus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) S. aquaticus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) S. aquaticus (82258 103991 104679 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20638 34269 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20608) S. sp. (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. aquaticus (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (20572 20573 20595 20650 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. aquaticus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) S. aquaticus (104034 104035 104672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) S. aquaticus (63563 63564 63565 63566 63567 63568 63569 63570)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) S. aquaticus (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) S. aquaticus (63428)