A New Find of Mongoloscapter (Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia)from the Oligocene of Mongolia
A lower jaw fragment of the mole Mongoloscapterzhegalloi Lopatin, 2002 (Talpidae, Talpinae) described from the Late Oligocene Tsakhir-Ula locality (Mongolia, Ömnögovi). It is the second record of Mongoloscapter. This genus is characterized by the lower molar structure, which permits to assign it to the tribe Scaptonychini.