Galemys Kaup 1829 (Pyrenean desman)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Synonyms: Galomys Agassiz 1846, Mygalina Saint-Hilaire 1835
Parent taxon: Desmaninae according to L. Van Valen 1967
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Desmanella, Geomana, Mygalea, Mygalinia, Paratalpa
Subtaxa: Galemys kormosi Galemys pyrenaicus Galemys semseyi Galemys sulimskii
Type: Galemys pyrenaicus
Ecology: amphibious insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Netherlands (2 collections), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• MN 16 of Austria (1), France (1), Poland (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Germany (2), Poland (1), Romania (3)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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