10.5061/DRYAD.TC3415T
Schwermann, Achim H.
Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
He, Kai
Kunming Institute of Zoology
Peters, Benjamin J.
University of Bonn
Plogschties, Thorsten
University of Bonn
Sansalone, Gabriele
Roma Tre University
Data from: Systematics and macroevolution of extant and fossil scalopine
moles (Mammalia, Talpidae)
Dryad
dataset
2019
Geotrypus montisasini
Scalopoides
Yunoscaptor scalprum
Eotalpa
Proscapanus primitivus
Geotrypus antiquus
Mioscalops isodens
Scapanulus oweni
Oligocene
Mioscalops ripafodiator
Scalopini
Hugueneya primitiva
Mioscalops
Miocene
2019-03-14T17:26:45Z
2019-03-14T17:26:45Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12422
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Scalopini is one of the two fully fossorial mole tribes in the family
Talpidae, with remarkable adaptations to subterranean lifestyles. Most
living Scalopini species are distributed in North America while a sole
species occurs in China. On the other hand, scalopine fossils are found in
both Eurasia and North America from upper Oligocene strata onwards,
implying a complex biogeographical history. The systematic relationships
of both extant and fossil Scalopini across North America and Eurasia are
revised by conducting phylogenetic analyses using a comprehensive
morphological character matrix together with 2D geometric–morphometric
analyses of the humeral shape, with a specific emphasis on Mioscalops, a
genus commonly found in North America and formerly known as Scalopoides.
Our phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of the tribe Scalopini as
well as a proposed two‐subtribe‐division scenario of Scalopini (i.e.
Scalopina and Parascalopina), although Proscapanus could not be assigned
to either subgenus. Our geometric–morphometric analyses indicate that the
European Mioscalops from southern Germany should be allocated to
Leptoscaptor, which in turn implies that Mioscalops may be endemic to
North America and never arrived in Europe. Examination of biogeographical
patterns does not unambiguously determine the geographical origin of
Scalopini. Nevertheless, it does support multiple transcontinental
colonization events across Asia, Europe and North America. Scapanulus
oweni, distributed in central China, is the only remaining representative
of one of those out‐of‐North‐America migrations, whereas scalopine moles
are common in North America nowadays with up to five species.
Schwermann_He_et_al_2018_Systematis_and_macroevolution_of_extant_and_fossil_scalopine_moles_supplS1: Dental Formular f Yunoscaptor scalprum and Scapanulus oweni; S2: Matrix and characters for phylogenetic Analysis; S3: List of species used in this study, and their sample sizes; S4: Published North American Mioscalops-findings; S5: Notes on Mioscalops-findings from the Hemphillian
Asia
Europe
North America