A skeleton of Mesoscalops (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Miocene Deep River Formation, Montana, and a review of the proscalopid moles: evolutionary, functional, and stratigraphic relationships

A. D. Barnosky

1981

Article

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1:285-339

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Mesoscalops montanensis

Taxonomy:

• Proscalopidae belongs to Talpoidea - Barnosky (1981)
• Mesoscalops scopelotemos belongs to Mesoscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Mesoscalops belongs to Proscalopidae - Barnosky (1981)
• Proscalops secundus belongs to Proscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Proscalops tertius belongs to Proscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Proscalops miocaenus belongs to Proscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Proscalops belongs to Proscalopidae - Barnosky (1981)
• Oligoscalops belongs to Proscalopidae - Barnosky (1981)
• Cryptoryctes kayi belongs to Cryptoryctes - Barnosky (1981)
• Oligoscalops galbreathi belongs to Oligoscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Talpoidea belongs to Insectivora - Barnosky (1981)
• Cryptoryctes belongs to Proscalopidae - Barnosky (1981)
• Oligoscalops whitmanensis belongs to Oligoscalops galbreathi - Barnosky (1981)
• Mesoscalops montanensis belongs to Mesoscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Proscalops evelynae belongs to Proscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Arctoryctes belongs to Mesoscalops - Barnosky (1981)
• Arctoryctes terrenus belongs to Mesoscalops - Barnosky (1981)