Yunoscaptor is an extinct genus of talpid that lived in Eurasia during the Miocene. It contains the only species Yunoscaptor scalprum.

Yunoscaptor
Temporal range: Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Distribution

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Yunoscaptor scalprum is known from the latest Miocene of China.[1]

References

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  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. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112112. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.