Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Full reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende and O. Fejfar. 2006. Erinaceidae and Talpidae (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene of Merkur-Nord (Czech Republic, MN 3). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 30:175-203
Belongs to Desmanella according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende and O. Fejfar 2006
Sister taxa: Desmanella amasyae, Desmanella cingulata, Desmanella compacta, Desmanella compactus, Desmanella crusafonti, Desmanella dubia, Desmanella engesseri, Desmanella fejfari, Desmanella gardiolensis, Desmanella quinquecuspidata, Desmanella rietscheli, Desmanella sickenbergi, Desmanella stehlini
Type specimen: NMP Me, FE-Li7408-0001, a mandible (sin with p4-m3). Its type locality is Merkur-North, which is in an Orleanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/coal in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic.
Ecology: fossorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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