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Mesoscalops scopelotemos

Mammalia - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Mesoscalops scopelotemos was named by Reed (1960). Its type specimen is ACM 10461, a tooth (isolated [upper] M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mesoscalops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mesoscalops scopelotemos Reed
1981Mesoscalops scopelotemos Barnosky p. 294

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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
familyProscalopidae
genusMesoscalops
speciesscopelotemos

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (17892 17934 17963 26019 69808 69915 69916)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (19073 19074 19075 19076 19077 19078 19079 19081)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Mesoscalops scopelotemos (17889)