Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 1989. Contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian faunas from Malusteni and Beresti (Romania). Order Insectivora, family Talpidae. Miscellanea Speologica Romanica 1:303-311
Belongs to Talpa according to C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson 1989
Sister taxa: Talpa caeca, Talpa episcopalis, Talpa europaea, Talpa fossilis, Talpa gilothi, Talpa gracilis, Talpa minor, Talpa minuta, Talpa praeglacialis, Talpa romana, Talpa tenuidentata, Talpa tyrrhenica, Talpa vallesensis
Type specimen: LPUB Br001, a set of postcrania (Humerus dext. broken distally). Its type locality is Beresti, which is in the Pliocene of horizon Romania.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Romania (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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