Yunoscaptor

Yunoscaptor
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: †Yunoscaptor
Storch and Qiu, 1991
Species:
†Y. scalprum
Binomial name
†Yunoscaptor scalprum
Storch and Qiu, 1991

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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.