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A New Record of Mongoloscapter (Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Mongolia

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A lower jaw fragment of the mole Mongoloscapter zhegalloi Lopatin, 2002 (Talpidae, Talpinae) from the Late Oligocene Tsakhir-Ula locality (Mongolia, Ömnögovi Aimag) is described. This is the second record of Mongoloscapter. This genus is characterized by a lower molar structure that suggests that it should be assigned to the tribe Scaptonychini.

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This study was supported in part by the Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Evolution of the Organic World: Role and Effect of Planetary Processes.”

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Lopatin, A.V. A New Record of Mongoloscapter (Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 52, 677–681 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118060072

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