Yunoscaptor
| Yunoscaptor Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | †Yunoscaptor Storch and Qiu, 1991 |
| Species: | †Y. scalprum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Yunoscaptor scalprum Storch and Qiu, 1991
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Yunoscaptor is an extinct genus of talpid that lived in Eurasia during the Miocene. It contains the only species Yunoscaptor scalprum.
Distribution
Yunoscaptor scalprum is known from the latest Miocene of China.[1]
References
- ^ Su, D.F.; Kelley, J.; Flynn, L.J.; Ji, X.P.; Deng, C.L.; Deng, T.; Li, P.; Li, Z.; Sanders, W.J.; Stidham, T.A.; Sun, F.; Wang, X.; Wang, Y.; Youlatos, D.; Jablonski, N.G. (1 May 2024). "Paleoecology and paleobiogeography of the latest Miocene site of Shuitangba, Zhaotong, China". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 641 112112. Bibcode:2024PPP...64112112S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112112.