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Proscalops

Description

Proscalops is an extinct genus of insect-eating mammal. Formerly placed in the defunct order Insectivora, it is now placed with the Eulipotyphla. The first and most numerous Proscalops fossils were found in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota, near Wounded Knee. Other samples have been found in the Brule Formation of South Dakota, the Deep River Formation of Montana, and in Wyoming.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4827044https://www.gbif.org/species/4827044
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40436https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40436
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proscalopidae : Proscalops
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
genusProscalopsMatthew 1901
Scientific NameProscalops Matthew, 1901
Name Published InMem. Amer. Mus., 1, no. 7
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Proscalopsgenusbelongs to Talpidaestated without evidenceMatthew, 1901
Proscalopsgenusbelongs to Proscalopinaestated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Proscalopsgenusbelongs to Insectivorastated without evidenceBjork, 1975
Proscalopsgenusbelongs to Proscalopidaestated with evidenceBarnosky, 1981
Proscalopsgenusbelongs to ProscalopidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1901. Fossil mammals of the Tertiary of northeastern Colorado: Ameican Museum collection of 1898. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(7):353-447
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscalops

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Domninoides evelynae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
930.8 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Proscalops intermedius
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
130.8 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Proscalops miocaenus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.9 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Proscalops secundus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1230.8 Ma
Oligocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Proscalops tertius
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1633.9 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1901Proscalops Matthew
1966Proscalops Johnson p. 80
1967Proscalops Van Valen
1975Proscalops Bjork p. 809
1981Proscalops Barnosky p. 292
1988Proscalops Carroll

References

Matthew W. D. (1901) Fossil mammals of the Tertiary of northeastern Colorado: Ameican Museum collection of 1898, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1 7, 353-447
Johnson G. D. (1966) Small mammals of the Middle Oligocene of the Big Badlands of South Dakota, Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences 45, 78-83
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
Bjork P. R. (1975) Observations on Proscalops tertius (Mammalia: Insectivora) of the Upper Oligocene of South Dakota, Journal of Paleontology 49 5
Barnosky A. D. (1981) 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, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 3-4, 285-339
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem. Amer. Mus., 1, no. 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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