Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Synonym: Myogalina Mivart 1871
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to E. Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
See also Mors et al. 2000 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Archaeodesmana Galemys Geomana Mygalea Mygalinia Paratalpa Storchia
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Turkey (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), France (6), Germany (2), Greece (4), Moldova (1), Poland (3), Romania (4), Spain (6), Turkey (5), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Austria (8), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (13), Greece (3), Hungary (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (9), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Germany (6), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
Total: 97 collections including 105 occurrences