Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Synonyms: Desmagale pannonica Kretzoi 1953, Desmana crassidens Kretzoi 1953, Desmana tegelensis Schreuder 1940
Full reference: T. Kormos. 1930. Desmana thermalis n.sp. eine neue präglaziale Bisamspitzmaus aus Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:1-19
Belongs to Desmana according to C. G. Rümke 1985
See also Kormos 1930 and Kurten 1968
Sister taxa: Archaeodesmana, Desmana inflata, Desmana kowalskae, Desmana moschata, Desmana nehringi, Desmana pontica, Desmana pyrenaica, Desmana verestchagini, Mygale arvernensis
Type specimens:
- Desmana thermalis: Its type locality is Betfia 2, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Romania
- Desmagale pannonica:
- Desmana crassidens:
- Desmana tegelensis:
Ecology: amphibious insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), Hungary (2), the Netherlands (2), Romania (3), Ukraine (1)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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