''Proscalops'' is an extinct genus of insect-eating mammal. Formerly placed in the defunct order

Insectivora The order Insectivora (from Latin ''insectum'' "insect" and ''vorare'' "to eat") is a now-abandoned biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species have now been moved out, leaving the remaining ones in the order Eulipotyphla, ...

, it is now placed with the

Eulipotyphla Eulipotyphla (, which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the afr ...

. The first and most numerous ''Proscalops'' fossils were found in the

Sharps Formation The Sharps Formation is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in South Dakota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene. The Sharps Formation is the namesake of the community of Sharps Corner, South Dakota. Fossil content Mammal ...

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

, near Wounded Knee. Other samples have been found in the

Brule Formation The Brule Formation was deposited between 33 and 30 million years ago, roughly the Rupelian age (Oligocene). It occurs as a subunit of the White River Formation in Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. It is a sequence of ...

of South Dakota, the

Deep River Formation The Deep River Formation is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. Fauna See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Montana This article contains a list of fossil-bearing st ...

Montana Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...

, and in

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...

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Prehistoric Eulipotyphla Extinct mammals of North America Oligocene mammals Fossil taxa described in 1901 Prehistoric placental genera {{Paleo-eulipotyphla-stub