Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: J.-Y. Crochet. 1986. Insectivores pliocènes du sud de la France (Languedoc-Roussillon) et du nord-est de l'Espagne. Palaeovertebrata 16(3):145-171
Belongs to Desmanella according to J.-Y. Crochet 1986
Sister taxa: Desmanella amasyae, Desmanella cingulata, Desmanella compacta, Desmanella compactus, Desmanella crusafonti, Desmanella dubia, Desmanella engesseri, Desmanella fejfari, Desmanella gudrunae, Desmanella quinquecuspidata, Desmanella rietscheli, Desmanella sickenbergi, Desmanella stehlini
Type specimen: LPVM BAC 2 517, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.). Its type locality is Balaruc II, Herault, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Balaruc II, Herault
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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