Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Synonyms: Caprios Wagler 1830, Desmagale Kretzoi 1953, Desman Lacepede 1799, Desmanus Rafinesque 1815, Mygale Cuvier 1800, Myogale Brandt 1836, Myogalea Fischer 1829, Palaeospalax Owen 1846
Parent taxon: Talpidae according to B. Kurten 1968
See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Rümke 1985 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmaninae, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae
Subtaxa: Archaeodesmana Desmana inflata Desmana kowalskae Desmana moschata Desmana nehringi Desmana pontica Desmana pyrenaica Desmana thermalis Desmana verestchagini Mygale arvernensis
Ecology: amphibious insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Czechia (1), Germany (8), Hungary (5), the Netherlands (3), Poland (1), Romania (7), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Villafranchian of Greece (1), Hungary (6), Slovakia (1), Spain (2)
• MN 16 of Poland (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Poland (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (9), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Spain (1)
• Turolian of Greece (3), Spain (8)
• Miocene of Austria (7), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Spain (1)
Total: 101 collections including 104 occurrences
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