†Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985 (Russian desman)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241
Belongs to Desmana according to C. G. Rümke 1985
Sister taxa: Desmana inflata, Desmana moschata, Desmana nehringi, Desmana pyrenaica, Desmana thermalis, Desmana verestchagini, Mygale arvernensis
Type specimen: MZP 1204, a mandible (Fragment mandible dex. with p2-m3). Its type locality is Węże, which is in a MN 15 cave breccia in Poland.
Ecology: amphibious insectivore
Distribution: found only at Węże
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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