†Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913 (Russian desman)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: T. Kormos. 1913. Trois nouvelles espèces fossiles des Desmand en Hongrie. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici XI:136-146
Belongs to Desmana according to C. G. Rümke 1985
See also Kormos 1913 and Kurten 1968
Sister taxa: Desmana inflata, Desmana kowalskae, Desmana moschata, Desmana pyrenaica, Desmana thermalis, Desmana verestchagini, Mygale arvernensis
Type specimen: NHMW 180, a mandible (fragment mandible with pm4 and m1)
Ecology: amphibious insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Romania (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Hungary (3), Poland (2), Romania (2), Slovakia (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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