After Barnosky, 1981, and McKenna & Bell, 1997, with some fossil species from “The Paleobiology Database”
<==o †Proscalopidae Reed, K., 1961 |-- †Cryptoryctes kayi Reed, C., 1954 `--+--o †Oligoscalops Reed, K., 1961 | |?- †O. sp. sensu Barnosky, 1981 | |-- †O. galbreathi (Reed, C., 1956) [Oligoscalops whitmanensis Reed, 1961] | `?- †O. secundus (Matthew, 1909) [Proscalops secundus Matthew, 1909] `--+?- †“Proscalops” sp. sensu Barnosky, 1981 |?- †“Proscalops” intermedius Barnosky, 1982 |?- †“Proscalops” secundus Matthew, 1909 |--+-- †“Proscalops” tertius Reed, K., 1961 | `-- †“Proscalops” evelynae (MacDonald, 1963) [Domninoides evelynae MacDonald, 1963, Arctoryctes terrenus MacDonald, 1963] `--+-- †Proscalops miocaenus Matthew, 1901 [type] `--o †Mesoscalops Reed, K., 1960 |-- †M. scopelotemos Reed, K., 1960 |-- †M. montanensis Barnosky, 1981 `-- †M. sp. sensu Barnosky, 1981
Reference(s):
- 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: vol. 1, #3-4, pp. 285-339 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - The Paleobiology Database. [Visited: 2008-04-15]
–iNet: The Paleobiology Database: http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl