Dibolia bifida Engesser 1980 (mole)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Alternative combinations: Archaeodesmana bifida, Desmana bifida

Synonym: Desmana getica Terzea 1980

Full reference: B. Engesser. 1980. Insectivora und Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Neogen der Türkei. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen 102:46-149

Belongs to Dibolia according to C. G. Rümke 1985

See also Engesser 1980 and Martín-Suárez et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Archaeodesmana adroveri, Archaeodesmana baetica, Archaeodesmana brailloni, Archaeodesmana dekkersi, Archaeodesmana luteyni, Archaeodesmana major, Archaeodesmana primigenia, Archaeodesmana turolense, Archaeodesmana vinea, Dibolia turolensis, Dibolia pontica

Type specimens:

  • Dibolia bifida: NMB Akc 1, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Dinar Akcakoy, which is in a MN 15 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.
  • Desmana getica:

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection), Romania (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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