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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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