Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323
Belongs to Desmanella according to A. V. Lopatin 2004
Sister taxa: Desmanella amasyae, Desmanella cingulata, Desmanella compactus, Desmanella crusafonti, Desmanella dubia, Desmanella engesseri, Desmanella fejfari, Desmanella gardiolensis, Desmanella gudrunae, Desmanella quinquecuspidata, Desmanella rietscheli, Desmanella sickenbergi, Desmanella stehlini
Type specimen: PIUZ, ALT no. 304, a tooth (Left M2). Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed II), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Altynshokysu (bone bed II)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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