Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Synonyms: Dibolia Rümke 1985, Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kowalska and Pawlowski 1994
Parent taxon: Desmaninae according to E. Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
See also Ziegler 2006
Sister taxa: Galemys, Geomana, Mygalea, Mygalinia, Paratalpa, Storchia
Subtaxa: Archaeodesmana adroveri Archaeodesmana baetica Archaeodesmana brailloni Archaeodesmana dekkersi Archaeodesmana luteyni Archaeodesmana major Archaeodesmana primigenia Archaeodesmana turolense Archaeodesmana vinea Dibolia bifida Dibolia pontica Dibolia turolensis
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (4 collections), Greece (4), Romania (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Austria (7), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Spain (9)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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