†Paratalpa Lavocat 1951 (mole)
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Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Synonym: Teutonotalpa Hutchison 1974
Parent taxon: Desmaninae according to L. Van Valen 1967
See also Carroll 1988 and van den Hoek Ostende 1989
Sister taxa: Desmanella, Galemys, Geomana, Mygalea, Mygalinia
Subtaxa: Paratalpa brachychir Paratalpa meyeri Paratalpa micheli
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (6 collections), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), France (4), Germany (6), Spain (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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